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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. In what room of the United States White House does Chapter 4 take place?
2. Which hotel magnate does President Gilligrass blame for the disturbance at Space Hotel USA?
3. What happened to the creatures called Poozas that had lived on the moon?
4. What shape is the creature who appears in the elevator?
5. When Charlie worries about what will happen if he and the others are caught trespassing in the Space Hotel, what does he name as a possible sentence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe one example of political satire within the text.
2. What types of higher echelon people are said to be trying to book the Space Hotel USA?
3. Name one element of the Space Hotel USA that acts as a means of foreshadowing.
4. Give an example of hyberbole within Chapter 3.
5. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied when the Great Glass Elevator arrives?
6. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
7. How is the lobby of the Space Hotel USA described and what does its qualities symbolize?
8. How is Mr. Wonka's propensity for thwarting authority within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?
9. What information about the President is revealed within the song Miss Tibbs sings, entitled The Nurse's Song?
10. Give an example of Dahl's use of a simile within Chapter 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the ways in which Quentin Blake’s illustrations either enhance or clash with the narrative of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and analyze Dahl's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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