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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the Chief Financial Advisor to President Gilligrass balance the budget?
2. How many chandeliers hang in the lobby of the Space Hotel?
3. President Gilligrass's best friend is said to be a sword-swallower from what country?
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. Who is NOT a member of the party traveling in the Great Glass Elevator at the start of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is piloting the object termed the Commuter Capsule?
2. What types of higher echelon people are said to be trying to book the Space Hotel USA?
3. In what way does Roald Dahl immediately alert the readers to the fact that they are reading a sequel?
4. Who sings a song about the President in Chapter 8 and for what reason?
5. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
6. What information about the President is revealed within the song Miss Tibbs sings, entitled The Nurse's Song?
7. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied when the Great Glass Elevator arrives?
8. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.
9. Give an example of Dahl's use of a simile within Chapter 2.
10. Describe the thing that reveals itself when the elevator doors open inside the Space Hotel USA.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of courage within the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. What is Dahl's message regarding courage and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
What messages does the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator send about curiosity and what themes does Dahl employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Dahl's focus on the importance of honest communication with children in the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. What message is Dahl sending about either the value or worthless nature of this tool?
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