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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 accepts Charlie's offer to share part of his birthday chocolate bar with the others?
2. What is Grandpa Joe's reaction when he realizes that Charlie's golden ticket is authentic?
3. How many beds does the Bucket family's house have within it?
4. What food does Charlie long to eat above all others?
5. Mr. Bucket reads aloud a newspaper article to the family that is entitled "Wonka Factory to Be Opened At Last to" (22) whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What observation does the narrator make about "small children in times of hardship" (39)?
2. Describe the contest devised by Mr. Wonka.
3. In what way is impulsive behavior encouraged within the scene of Charlie's discovery of a golden ticket?
4. What ritual does Charlie perform each day on his way to and from school?
5. 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?
6. How does Veruca's father report having acquired a golden ticket for his daughter Veruca?
7. What is ironic about the fact that Grandpa Joe is the oldest of Charlie's four grandparents?
8. What conclusion does Grandma Georgina draw about the final golden ticket and what is the outcome of her prediction?
9. How are sensory details used to provide a vivid depiction of the outside of Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory?
10. What effect does Charlie's news about finding a golden ticket have on Grandpa Joe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and one of the novel's main messages. How does Dahl make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help him get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What is Dahl’s purpose for including illustrations within the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how do the images interact with the alphabetical parts of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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