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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. The Space Hotel contains a machine that manufactures what element?
2. What is the first word that booms out of the loudspeaker when Charlie's group is trespassing in the Space Hotel?
3. In what manner does Mr. Wonka teach the elevator's other inhabitants how to move around the elevator without gravity?
4. The description of the Space Hotel USA states that the hotel is how many feet in length?
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. In what way does Roald Dahl immediately alert the readers to the fact that they are reading a sequel?
3. What method of movement in zero gravity does Mr. Wonka teach to Charlie and his family?
4. What is the purpose of the object termed the "Commuter Capsule" (11)?
5. Who sings a song about the President in Chapter 8 and for what reason?
6. Name one element of the Space Hotel USA that acts as a means of foreshadowing.
7. In what way is the theme of American violence demonstrated within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?
8. How is the lobby of the Space Hotel USA described and what does its qualities symbolize?
9. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.
10. What types of higher echelon people are said to be trying to book the Space Hotel USA?
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
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
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Dahl's message regarding these themes?
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