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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Big Day Arrives" - "Down the Chocolate River".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Charlie have?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

2. Who invents the machine that alerts the user to the presence of gold within a particular object but is smashed by a crowd when it reaches out and makes "a grab for the gold filling in the back tooth of a duchess" (23) standing nearby?
(a) Professor Coldheart.
(b) Professor Feelgood.
(c) Professor Foulbody.
(d) Professor Goodbody.

3. Altogether and excluding Mr. Wonka, how many adults accompany the child visitors on their tour of Mr. Wonka's factory?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

4. What is NOT an adjective Mr. Wonka uses to describe his feelings about meeting Grandpa Joe?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Enchanted.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Enraptured.

5. For whom does Charlie insistently call when he finds the golden ticket and bursts through the door of his house to announce his discovery?
(a) His mother, Mrs. Bucket.
(b) Grandpa Joe.
(c) His father, Mr. Bucket.
(d) Grandma Georgina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Charlie long to eat above all others?

2. How many Golden Tickets does Mr. Wonka place inside chocolate bars as part of his contest?

3. The narrator describes Charlie's four grandparents as "pretending" (27) what emotion when Charlie is about to open his birthday bar of chocolate?

4. What is Charlie's role in Grandpa Joe's plan to allow them one more try at finding a golden ticket after Charlie's birthday?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, who predicts that the final golden ticket will be found by a rude, ill-behaved child?

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