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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Mr. Wonka take just before he finally emerges from his expressionless state and responds to the voice coming from the loudspeaker?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He crouches down.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He shrieks.

2. President Gilligrass declares that the elevator is not an elevator at all, but is instead what object?
(a) An unidentified flying object.
(b) A bomb.
(c) An enemy spaceship.
(d) A surveillance system.

3. What color is the elevator button that causes its booster rockets to fire?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

4. In what room of the United States White House does Chapter 4 take place?
(a) The Oval Office.
(b) The War Room.
(c) President Gilligrass's study.
(d) President Gilligrass's library.

5. The narrator often refers to the people within the bed inside the Great Glass Elevator as what?
(a) The old ones.
(b) The helpless ones.
(c) The lazy ones.
(d) The ill ones.

6. Which member of the group congregated in the President's study is "always wanting to blow things up" (42), according to the President?
(a) The General.
(b) Mrs. Taubsypuss the cat.
(c) The Secretary of State.
(d) The Vice President.

7. The beginning of Chapter 5 states, "There was no" performing of what activity "inside the Space Hotel" (34)?
(a) Sign of life.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Complaining.
(d) Floating.

8. What happened to the creatures called Poozas that had lived on the moon?
(a) Vermicious Korkies.
(b) Vernicious Knucks.
(c) Vermicious knids ate them.
(d) Vermicious knoodlers ate them.

9. When Mr. Wonka and the other inhabitants of the glass elevator escape from the Space Hotel, in what direction does the elevator travel?
(a) Down.
(b) Diagonally.
(c) Sideways.
(d) Up.

10. When Charlie worries about what will happen if he and the others are caught trespassing in the Space Hotel, what does he name as a possible sentence?
(a) No candy for a year.
(b) Jail for life.
(c) Three years in the clink.
(d) The death penalty.

11. What color are the pupils of the creature that appears in the elevator?
(a) White.
(b) Purple.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

12. Charlie tells his grandparents that he feels what emotion toward Mr. Wonka?
(a) Intimidation.
(b) Trust.
(c) Affection.
(d) Love.

13. How many chandeliers hang in the lobby of the Space Hotel?
(a) 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 8.

14. To whom does Charlie whisper that they must take some action once the voice from the loudspeaker threatens imminent violent action?
(a) Mr. Wonka.
(b) Grandma Georgina.
(c) Grandpa Joe.
(d) Grandma Josephine.

15. Which world leader does the United States President call first?
(a) The leader of India.
(b) The leader of Egypt.
(c) The leader of Russia.
(d) The leader of China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who alerts the President that the glass elevator has linked up to the Space Hotel USA?

2. Who eventually pushes the required color of elevator button, even though it is too late?

3. Who is NOT a member of the party traveling in the Great Glass Elevator at the start of the novel?

4. What object is said to be missing from the Space Hotel that could have recorded the goings-on inside?

5. The Commuter Capsule is NOT manned by which astronaut?

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