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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 is NOT mentioned within Mr. Wonka's tirade against his confectioner enemies?

2. How do Veruca's parents end up falling down the garbage chute after their daughter meets a similar fate?

3. How many Oompa-Loompas join together to sing about Violet's demise?

4. What adjective does Charlie use when he insists to Mr. Wonka's chagrin that the Oompa-Loompas cannot be a certain type of people?

5. How often is the incinerator lit, according to Mr. Wonka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Violet after she swells up and turns purple?

2. Which room in the factory is Mr. Wonka's favorite and why?

3. Where does Mr. Wonka say that all of his most important factory rooms are located?

4. In what way does Augustus's father demonstrate a decided lack of altruism within the scene involving the chocolate river?

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

6. What details does Mr. Wonka provide about the Oompa-Loompas?

7. What sort of tone is displayed within the moment when Mr. Wonka meets Veruca?

8. In what way does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within his portrayal of Augustus falling prey to his appetite in the Chocolate Room?

9. What simile does Roald Dahl use in order to demonstrate the lithe and quick nature of Mr. Wonka's movements?

10. In what way does Mr. Wonka's rudeness to the children's parents accelerate throughout the tour?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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