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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 creatures had Grandpa Joe worried might eat the item lowered out of the bottom of the Great Glass Elevator?
2. What kind of creatures eat some of the staff onboard the Commuter Capsule?
3. What action does Grandma Georgina want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?
4. Willy Wonka contemplates the fact that what element is the one people "fight over most" (106)?
5. How many years does a single pill of Wonka-Vite take off of someone's life, according to Willy Wonka?
Short Essay Questions
1. What announcement does Mr. Wonka make about the value of the single bottle of Wonka-Vite?
2. What new target do the Vermicious Knids attack after trying to smash the Great Glass Elevator?
3. Discuss the message sent within the song that Miss Tibbs sings to the President entitled "The Nurse's Song" (62).
4. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?
5. What observation does Charlie make of Mr. Wonka in Chapter 13 that causes Charlie to laugh inwardly and to wonder what is coming next?
6. How is Mr. Wonka shown to be fallible within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?
7. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?
8. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated within Grandpa Joe's part in helping to get the old ones to be more lively?
9. What is Roald Dahl's message concerning televsion audiences within the text?
10. Describe the appearance of Wonka-Vite.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is the novel's message concerning the link between mind and body?
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