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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. 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?
2. If a person finds a Golden Ticket, what will that person receive, according to Mr. Wonka?
3. Which member of Charlie's family is chosen as the one who will accompany Charlie on his tour of Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory?
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. Once the financial situation of Charlie's family worsens to its lowest point, what item does each family member have for breakfast each day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide an example of Dahl's use of the second person point of view to instruct the reader.
2. What conclusion does Grandma Georgina draw about the final golden ticket and what is the outcome of her prediction?
3. What is the symbolism of a golden ticket?
4. What four traits are depicted as unfavorable within Dahl's depictions of Violet, Veruca, Augustus, and Mike?
5. What is the birthday present Charlie's family saves up for all year so they can provide him with a gift?
6. What is ironic about the fact that Grandpa Joe is the oldest of Charlie's four grandparents?
7. Describe the contest devised by Mr. Wonka.
8. How does Veruca's father report having acquired a golden ticket for his daughter Veruca?
9. What observation does the narrator make about "small children in times of hardship" (39)?
10. How does the theme of integrity appear within Mr. Wonka's decision to close his factory for several months at one point in time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of family bonds treated within Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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
The original version of Dahl’s story describes the Oompa-Loompas as African pygmies, but the text was later amended to be more politically correct. What is problematic about the combination of the Oompa-Loompas’ status as Africans and their status as happy, unpaid, and isolated workers in Mr. Wonka’s factory?
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