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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 voice from the loudspeaker says that if Charlie's group does not reply, then what violent action will be taken against them?
(a) They will press the blow-up button.
(b) They will press the emergency freezer switch.
(c) They will press the anti-gravity button.
(d) They will throw the emergency shatter lever.

2. Who is NOT lying in bed within the glass elevator at the start of the novel?
(a) Grandpa George.
(b) Grandpa Joe.
(c) Grandma Georgina.
(d) Grandma Josephine.

3. Who prevents Mr. Wonka from pushing the required elevator button?
(a) Mr. Bucket.
(b) Grandma Georgina.
(c) Grandpa Joe.
(d) Grandma Josephine.

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

5. 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) Three years in the clink.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) No candy for a year.
(d) Jail for life.

Short Answer Questions

1. The beginning of Chapter 5 states, "There was no" performing of what activity "inside the Space Hotel" (34)?

2. What kind of insect does the President inhale when he is told that the elevator has linked up to the Space Hotel USA?

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

4. How many people are described as being "crouched in front of their television sets waiting for an answer to come from the mysterious strangers inside the Space Hotel"? (33)

5. How many people all over the world are said to be watching the Great Glass Elevator on their televisions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Name one element of the Space Hotel USA that acts as a means of foreshadowing.

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

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

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

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

7. What information about the President is revealed within the song Miss Tibbs sings, entitled The Nurse's Song?

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

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

10. Give an example of hyberbole within Chapter 3.

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