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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. How does the narrator describe Mr. Wonka's attempts to outrun the Vermicious Knid following the Great Glass Elevator?
2. What type of facility do Charlie and Mr. Wonka pass on their way to Minusland?
3. What type of psychology does Mr. Wonka use in an attempt to persuade the old ones?
4. About how many of the Space Hotel USA's staff are eaten by creatures?
5. What is the television event monopolizing the time of an estimated 500 million people?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated within Grandpa Joe's part in helping to get the old ones to be more lively?
2. 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?
3. How does the scene depicting the Vermicious Knid's injury portray the theme of comeuppance?
4. Into what room in the chocolate factory does the Great Glass Elevator make a crash landing?
5. Describe the appearance of Wonka-Vite.
6. In what way does the character of Mr. Bucket undergo a major change in Chapter 15, entitled Good-bye, Georgina?
7. Discuss the message sent within the song that Miss Tibbs sings to the President entitled "The Nurse's Song" (62).
8. What observation does Charlie make of Mr. Wonka in Chapter 13 that causes Charlie to laugh inwardly and to wonder what is coming next?
9. What new target do the Vermicious Knids attack after trying to smash the Great Glass Elevator?
10. In what way does Charlie's reaction to Wonka-Vite differ from his father Mr. Bucket's reaction to the invention?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss Dahl's messages about guilt and responsibility within the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Grandpa Joe's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Dahl in depicting Grandpa Joe and include in your discussion the reasons that Dahl portrays this character in these particular ways.
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