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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. The Commuter Capsule is NOT manned by which astronaut?
(a) Showler.
(b) Shanks.
(c) Shuckworth.
(d) Flugelbinder.

2. The voice booming over the loudspeaker says that if Charlie's group does not reply immediately, then the United States will be forced to recognize all of their members as what?
(a) Excommunicated.
(b) Away Without Leave.
(c) Dangerous enemies.
(d) Truant.

3. Who alerts the President that the glass elevator has linked up to the Space Hotel USA?
(a) Shanks.
(b) Shuckworth.
(c) Showler.
(d) Flugelbinder.

4. President Gilligrass gets an idea for how to trap what type of insect?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) A praying mantis.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A fly.

5. What kind of insect does the President inhale when he is told that the elevator has linked up to the Space Hotel USA?
(a) A moth.
(b) A fly.
(c) A mosquito.
(d) A locust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does the President give the inhabitants of the Commuter Capsule?

2. What two words does Mr. Wonka finally cry out when he responds to the voice coming from the loudspeaker in the Space Hotel?

3. Who is NOT one of the group who insists on being pushed into the Space Hotel while still in bed?

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

5. How many rooms does the Space Hotel contain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe one example of political satire within the text.

6. Who sings a song about the President in Chapter 8 and for what reason?

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

8. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 3, entitled The Link Up?

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

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

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