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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. What type of institution is NOT mentioned among the ones closed because everyone is watching television?
(a) Schools.
(b) Offices.
(c) Factories.
(d) Banks.

2. What words do the old ones exclaim as they are regressing due to Wonka-Vite?
(a) Please help.
(b) None.
(c) Give my regards to the heart of the sun.
(d) Forgive us.

3. Which of the old ones refuses to get out of bed when implored by Mr. Wonka to do so?
(a) Grandpa Joe.
(b) Grandpa George and Grandpa Joe.
(c) All of them.
(d) Grandma Georgina and Grandma Josephine.

4. Willy Wonka contemplates the fact that what element is the one people "fight over most" (106)?
(a) Money.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Fame.

5. What sounds can the President hear as the hotel staff are being eaten?
(a) Screams.
(b) Gurgling.
(c) Licking flames.
(d) Small explosions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Grandma Josephine want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?

2. After the old ones regress, how old is Grandpa George?

3. What consequence had the President received for his bad behavior when he was a little boy?

4. What is said to be a quality of a single pill of Wonka-Vite?

5. For how many minutes has the Great Glass Elevator been circling the earth before it comes back around to the Space Hotel USA?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clear signs of the science fiction genre are present within the text?

2. When the elevator's inhabitants have a chance to save the 150 people in the Commuter Capsule, how does the split in opinion depict the contrast between positive and negative thinking?

3. How does the scene depicting the Vermicious Knid's injury portray the theme of comeuppance?

4. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?

5. What happened when Mr. Wonka gave Wonka-Vite to the Oompa-Loompa who uses a wheelchair and why does Mr. Wonka focus on this example in particular?

6. In what way is Mr. Wonka portrayed as being skillful at lying?

7. Name at least three ingredients other than chocolate that are present within Mr. Wonka's creation Wonka-Vite.

8. What new target do the Vermicious Knids attack after trying to smash the Great Glass Elevator?

9. How long did it take Mr. Wonka to invent Wonka-Vite, according to Mr. Wonka himself?

10. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?

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