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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 element of the Chocolate Room does the narrator name as its "most astonishing" (63) feature?

2. When Veruca's mother tells Veruca that Mr. Wonka is lying to her, what action does Mr. Wonka tell her to take?

3. What method does Mr. Wonka report having used in order to transport the Oompa-Loompas to his factory?

4. What do the animals holding Veruca do to her head once they have her immobilized?

5. The narrator describes the quickness of Mr. Wonka's movements and in so doing compares him to what type of animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide a piece of evidence for the conclusion that Mr. Wonka is more like the children in the touring group than he is like their parents.

2. Describe the scene at Mr. Wonka's factory on the morning of February 1st.

3. How many people are present within the party touring Mr. Wonka's factory?

4. How does Violet come to swell up and to turn purple?

5. What method does Mr. Wonka consistently use when he does not want to answer a question from the touring group?

6. What is Mr. Wonka's reaction when he sees Augustus drinking from his chocolate river?

7. What lasting effects on Violet does Mr. Wonka describe will likely be present after her incident with the three-course gum?

8. How does the narrator describe Mr. Wonka's eyes and face?

9. What evidence does the narrator provide for the claim that one particular room in the factory is Mr. Wonka's favorite room?

10. Provide a piece of evidence supporting the conclusion that Mr. Wonka treats the Oompa-Loompas as somewhat dispensable creatures.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and analyze Dahl’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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

Analyze Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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