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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Big Day Arrives" - "Down the Chocolate River".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accepts Charlie's offer to share part of his birthday chocolate bar with the others?
(a) No one.
(b) Mr. Bucket.
(c) Grandpa Joe.
(d) Mrs. Bucket.

2. For whom does Charlie insistently call when he finds the golden ticket and bursts through the door of his house to announce his discovery?
(a) Grandpa Joe.
(b) His mother, Mrs. Bucket.
(c) His father, Mr. Bucket.
(d) Grandma Georgina.

3. The narrator describes the "curious" what that "seems to come so often to small children in times of hardship" (39) ?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Experience.
(c) Age.
(d) Youth.

4. What is NOT named among the qualities of Violet's speech in the article focused on her discovery of a golden ticket?
(a) Deliberate.
(b) Loud.
(c) Fast.
(d) Impeded by her gum-chewing.

5. What language do the Oompa-Loompas speak "now," (71) according to Mr. Wonka?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Oompish.
(c) English.
(d) Loompish.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Charlie's four grandparents as "pretending" (27) what emotion when Charlie is about to open his birthday bar of chocolate?

2. What type of product does the factory owned by Veruca's father produce?

3. What are the names of Mrs. Bucket's parents?

4. What words are written on the shiny metal door of the chocolate room?

5. What reaction do Grandpa Joe and Charlie have once they realize that the chocolate bar acquired during their plan does not contain a golden ticket?

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