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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. Miss Tibbs, the United States Vice President, is also the former what of the President?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Cook.
(c) Tutor.
(d) Nanny.

2. 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) The death penalty.
(c) Three years in the clink.
(d) Jail for life.

3. What does Mr. Wonka NOT name among the glass elevator's qualities?
(a) Bombproof.
(b) Shockproof.
(c) Fireproof.
(d) Bulletproof.

4. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied at the time of the elevator inhabitants' visit?
(a) No one had thought the hotel would come to fruition.
(b) The hotel infrastructure is not yet completed.
(c) The hotel staff have not yet arrived.
(d) The doors of the hotel are locked up tight.

5. Who eventually pushes the required color of elevator button, even though it is too late?
(a) Mr. Wonka.
(b) Mr. Bucket.
(c) Grandpa Joe.
(d) Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. President Gilligrass declares that the elevator is not an elevator at all, but is instead what object?

2. Mr. Wonka tells the others that the "vermicious" (53) creatures travel through space in what type of groups?

3. What happens when one of the "vermicious" creatures zooms as fast as it can and careens into the glass elevator?

4. Mr. Wonka says that the Great Glass Elevator could link up with what type of animal if it were deemed necessary?

5. The large number of people who hear Mr. Wonka yelling out nonsense words across their television sets are described as taking what action in response?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied when the Great Glass Elevator arrives?

2. In what way is the theme of American violence demonstrated within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?

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

4. How many Vermicious Knids does Mr. Wonka say exist in the universe?

5. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.

6. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?

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

8. How does Dahl employ foreshadowing within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?

9. What is the purpose of the object termed the "Commuter Capsule" (11)?

10. What elements of the first chapter suggest that Dahl knew that some readers of the novel would not have read its prequel?

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