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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. Mr. Wonka tells the others that the "vermicious" (53) creatures travel through space in what type of groups?
2. What color are the pupils of the creature that appears in the elevator?
3. In what manner does Mr. Wonka teach the elevator's other inhabitants how to move around the elevator without gravity?
4. The beginning of Chapter 5 states, "There was no" performing of what activity "inside the Space Hotel" (34)?
5. In what room of the United States White House does Chapter 4 take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe one example of political satire within the text.
2. How does Dahl employ foreshadowing within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?
3. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 3, entitled The Link Up?
4. What information does Mr. Wonka share with the rest of the group about Vermicious Knids?
5. What elements of the first chapter suggest that Dahl knew that some readers of the novel would not have read its prequel?
6. What is the purpose of the object termed the "Commuter Capsule" (11)?
7. What types of higher echelon people are said to be trying to book the Space Hotel USA?
8. Name one element of the Space Hotel USA that acts as a means of foreshadowing.
9. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
10. What information about the President is revealed within the song Miss Tibbs sings, entitled The Nurse's Song?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Dahl in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Dahl serve Dahl’s creation of vivid characters.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the novel’s use of political satire within its scenes involving the Space Hotel USA.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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