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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Vice President.
(b) Mrs. Taubsypuss the cat.
(c) The General.
(d) The Secretary of State.

2. What is the first word that booms out of the loudspeaker when Charlie's group is trespassing in the Space Hotel?
(a) Vacancy.
(b) Attention.
(c) Stop.
(d) Halt.

3. The Space Hotel contains a machine that manufactures what element?
(a) Shooting stars.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Hot chocolate.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which hotel magnate does President Gilligrass blame for the disturbance at Space Hotel USA?

2. What trait does Mr. Wonka list as the main quality of the "vermicious" creatures?

3. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied at the time of the elevator inhabitants' visit?

4. What happened to the creatures called Poozas that had lived on the moon?

5. On what planet do the "vermicious" (53) creatures live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mr. Wonka share with the rest of the group about Vermicious Knids?

2. Give an example of hyberbole within Chapter 3.

3. How is the lobby of the Space Hotel USA described and what does its qualities symbolize?

4. What method of movement in zero gravity does Mr. Wonka teach to Charlie and his family?

5. Describe how the chapters concerned with political figures include racially problematic elements.

6. Give an example of Dahl's use of a simile within Chapter 2.

7. Describe the thing that reveals itself when the elevator doors open inside the Space Hotel USA.

8. Who is piloting the object termed the Commuter Capsule?

9. How is Mr. Wonka's propensity for thwarting authority within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?

10. In what way does Roald Dahl immediately alert the readers to the fact that they are reading a sequel?

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