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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. Who travels inside the ship called the Commuter Capsule?
2. Mr. Wonka says that the Great Glass Elevator could link up with what type of animal if it were deemed necessary?
3. The Commuter Capsule is NOT manned by which astronaut?
4. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a sequel to what novel?
5. The narrator often refers to the people within the bed inside the Great Glass Elevator as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
2. Describe the thing that reveals itself when the elevator doors open inside the Space Hotel USA.
3. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.
4. What elements of the first chapter suggest that Dahl knew that some readers of the novel would not have read its prequel?
5. Describe how the chapters concerned with political figures include racially problematic elements.
6. Who sings a song about the President in Chapter 8 and for what reason?
7. What information about the President is revealed within the song Miss Tibbs sings, entitled The Nurse's Song?
8. What method of movement in zero gravity does Mr. Wonka teach to Charlie and his family?
9. Describe one example of political satire within the text.
10. In what way is the theme of American violence demonstrated within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the novel’s use of political satire within its scenes involving the Space Hotel USA.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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