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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Charlie's shoulders when Mrs. Bucket puts her arms around them in order to urge him on to school?
(a) Muscular.
(b) Skinny.
(c) Emaciated.
(d) Strong.

2. Who opens the candy bar that is acquired as a result of Grandpa Joe's plan to get another chance at finding a golden ticket?
(a) Charlie first opens one half and Grandpa Joe then opens the other half.
(b) Grandpa Joe.
(c) Grandpa Joe first opens one half and Charlie then opens the other half.
(d) Charlie.

3. The tour of the Mr. Wonka chocolate factory occurs on the first day of which month?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) June.

4. What item does Charlie traditionally receive for his birthday?
(a) A spool of cotton candy.
(b) A marshmallow rabbit.
(c) A chocolate bar.
(d) An ice cream sundae.

5. What are the names of Mrs. Bucket's parents?
(a) Daniel and Danielle.
(b) Joseph and Joanna.
(c) George and Georgina.
(d) Joe and Josephine.

6. How many Golden Tickets does Mr. Wonka place inside chocolate bars as part of his contest?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

7. What action do children all over the world start to take in order to increase their chances of finding golden tickets?
(a) They beg to get paid for doing extra chores.
(b) They smash their piggy banks with hammers.
(c) They ask for allowance increases.
(d) They rob banks.

8. How old is Grandpa Joe?
(a) 99 3/4.
(b) 101.
(c) 96 1/2.
(d) 88.

9. How many beds does the Bucket family's house have within it?
(a) 8.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

10. When Grandpa Joe scoffs at Charlie's claim that Mr. Wonka is only "clever" (8), what term does Grandpa Joe instead apply to Mr. Wonka?
(a) Magician.
(b) Savant.
(c) Whiz.
(d) Wizard.

11. What visual clue had first alerted the people in the Buckets' town to the fact that Mr. Wonka's factory was again up and running?
(a) Trucks pulling up to the factory to pick up inventory.
(b) The gates of the factory remaining wide open.
(c) Mr. Wonka standing on the factory balcony.
(d) Smoke coming out of the factory chimney.

12. Charlie's grandparents are described by the narrator as being "as shriveled as" (8) what?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Seersucker pants.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Rotten plums.

13. In what country had Mr. Wonka built a palace entirely out of chocolate for a particular royal patron?
(a) Persia.
(b) England.
(c) India.
(d) South Africa.

14. How many times bigger do Charlie's grandparents say Mr. Wonka's factory is compared to the next largest chocolate factory in the world?
(a) 20.
(b) 8.
(c) 500.
(d) 50.

15. What period of time does the narrator name when describing Charlie's reveries outside of Mr. Wonka's factory?
(a) Hours on end.
(b) Two seconds.
(c) Several minutes.
(d) But a moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the financial situation of Charlie's family worsens to its lowest point, what item does each family member have for lunch each day?

2. What food does Charlie long to eat above all others?

3. On the evening of what day of the search had one of the workers at Veruca's father's factory found a golden ticket?

4. The narrator reports that when Charlie finds a dollar bill, he has only one word come immediately to mind?

5. None of Charlie's grandparents is under what age?

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