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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What period of time does the narrator name when describing Charlie's reveries outside of Mr. Wonka's factory?
2. What had been the name of the royal patron for whom Mr. Wonka created a palace made entirely of chocolate?
3. How many siblings does Charlie have?
4. Charlie's birthday chocolate bar is called a "Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudge-Mallow" (26) what?
5. When Charlie first finds the dollar bill, he decides to buy how many chocolate bars before bringing the rest of the dollar home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Charlie's house and living conditions.
2. What is the symbolism of a golden ticket?
3. What effect does Charlie's news about finding a golden ticket have on Grandpa Joe?
4. What method does Roald Dahl use to introduce the main characters in the novel?
5. In what small way does Mr. Bucket earn money during the time of his unemployment?
6. What is Charlie's nightly routine involving his grandparents?
7. How are the title and subject matter of Chapter 10 at odds with a reader's typical expectations of a children's book?
8. How are sensory details used to provide a vivid depiction of the outside of Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory?
9. How does Charlie acquire a Wonka bar of chocolate between his birthday and the day when he finds a golden ticket?
10. What evidence does Grandpa Joe provide for his claim that Mr. Wonka is a "magician" (8)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a critical essay about Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while using the critical lens of biographical theory. Use textual evidence from the novel and from your author research in order to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's messages and their connections to the author’s life.
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through Mr. Wonka’s chocolate factory. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Dahl serve to the purposes of the text.
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Charlie Bucket. Discuss whether Charlie is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character. Then do the same in relation to Mr. Wonka.
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