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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. What action does Charlie want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?

2. What is the television event monopolizing the time of an estimated 500 million people?

3. Willy Wonka contemplates the fact that what element is the one people "fight over most" (106)?

4. How many years does a single pill of Wonka-Vite take off of someone's life, according to Willy Wonka?

5. What favor does the President ask of Miss Tibbs when she tells him to wash his sticky hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clear signs of the science fiction genre are present within the text?

2. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?

3. What announcement does Mr. Wonka make about the value of the single bottle of Wonka-Vite?

4. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?

5. When the elevator's inhabitants have a chance to save the 150 people in the Commuter Capsule, how does the split in opinion depict the contrast between positive and negative thinking?

6. In what way does the character of Mr. Bucket undergo a major change in Chapter 15, entitled Good-bye, Georgina?

7. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated within Grandpa Joe's part in helping to get the old ones to be more lively?

8. Discuss the message sent within the song that Miss Tibbs sings to the President entitled "The Nurse's Song" (62).

9. What happened when Mr. Wonka gave Wonka-Vite to the Oompa-Loompa who uses a wheelchair and why does Mr. Wonka focus on this example in particular?

10. How does the scene depicting the Vermicious Knid's injury portray the theme of comeuppance?

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

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Dahl's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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