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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 color are Wonka-Vite pills, in addition to sometimes turning blue?
2. Whom does the President ask when he wants to know what Martians eat?
3. What action does Charlie want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?
4. With what beverage had the old Oompa-Loompa taken the two pills of Wonka-Vite given to him by Willy Wonka?
5. Who makes a vow at the start of Chapter 13 that soon the old ones will be up out of their beds?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?
2. How does the scene depicting the Vermicious Knid's injury portray the theme of comeuppance?
3. Name at least three ingredients other than chocolate that are present within Mr. Wonka's creation Wonka-Vite.
4. 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?
5. In what way does the character of Mr. Bucket undergo a major change in Chapter 15, entitled Good-bye, Georgina?
6. What clear signs of the science fiction genre are present within the text?
7. Into what room in the chocolate factory does the Great Glass Elevator make a crash landing?
8. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?
9. What observation does Charlie make of Mr. Wonka in Chapter 13 that causes Charlie to laugh inwardly and to wonder what is coming next?
10. What is Roald Dahl's message concerning televsion audiences within the text?
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
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that portray the close relationship between danger and excitement. What is Dahl's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two elements of the human condition?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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