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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a food eaten on a regular basis by the Bucket family?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Bread.
(d) Potatoes.

2. Who invents the machine that alerts the user to the presence of gold within a particular object but is smashed by a crowd when it reaches out and makes "a grab for the gold filling in the back tooth of a duchess" (23) standing nearby?
(a) Professor Coldheart.
(b) Professor Goodbody.
(c) Professor Feelgood.
(d) Professor Foulbody.

3. How many siblings does Charlie have?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

4. Charlie's birthday chocolate bar is called a "Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudge-Mallow" (26) what?
(a) Delight.
(b) Dessert.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Crunch.

5. None of Charlie's grandparents is under what age?
(a) 70.
(b) 90.
(c) 100.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Violet tells the reporters at the press conference that she has been chewing the same piece of gum for over what period of time?

2. How many Golden Tickets have been found by the day prior to Charlie's birthday?

3. How old does Charlie turn on his birthday within the narrative?

4. What is Charlie's role in Grandpa Joe's plan to allow them one more try at finding a golden ticket after Charlie's birthday?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, who predicts that the final golden ticket will be found by a rude, ill-behaved child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Roald Dahl use to introduce the main characters in the novel?

2. How does Veruca's father report having acquired a golden ticket for his daughter Veruca?

3. Describe the contest devised by Mr. Wonka.

4. What evidence does Grandpa Joe provide for his claim that Mr. Wonka is a "magician" (8)?

5. What is the birthday present Charlie's family saves up for all year so they can provide him with a gift?

6. In what way does Mrs. Bucket try to prepare Charlie for possible disappointment regarding the presence of a golden ticket in his birthday candy bar?

7. In what small way does Mr. Bucket earn money during the time of his unemployment?

8. How does Charlie acquire a Wonka bar of chocolate between his birthday and the day when he finds a golden ticket?

9. How are the title and subject matter of Chapter 10 at odds with a reader's typical expectations of a children's book?

10. What observation does the narrator make about "small children in times of hardship" (39)?

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