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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a food eaten on a regular basis by the Bucket family?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Bread.
(d) Chicken.

2. What are the names of Mrs. Bucket's parents?
(a) Joe and Josephine.
(b) Daniel and Danielle.
(c) George and Georgina.
(d) Joseph and Joanna.

3. Once the financial situation of Charlie's family worsens to its lowest point, what item does each family member have for lunch each day?
(a) An apple.
(b) Half of a boiled potato.
(c) A slice of bacon.
(d) A scrambled egg.

4. What is Mike's favorite hobby, to the exclusion of all other activities?
(a) Chewing gum.
(b) Lying.
(c) Watching television and movies.
(d) Eating.

5. How long does Charlie generally make his annual birthday present last?
(a) One week.
(b) Three days.
(c) Thirty seconds.
(d) One month.

6. Which character is depicted as waving to the reader in an illustration on page 3 of the text?
(a) Mr. Wonka.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Mr. Bucket.
(d) Grandpa Joe.

7. How many times bigger do Charlie's grandparents say Mr. Wonka's factory is compared to the next largest chocolate factory in the world?
(a) 20.
(b) 500.
(c) 50.
(d) 8.

8. How much earlier does Charlie leave for his walk to school after the family begins to slowly starve?
(a) 3 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

9. What visual clue had first alerted the people in the Buckets' town to the fact that Mr. Wonka's factory was again up and running?
(a) Trucks pulling up to the factory to pick up inventory.
(b) Smoke coming out of the factory chimney.
(c) The gates of the factory remaining wide open.
(d) Mr. Wonka standing on the factory balcony.

10. 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 Foulbody.
(b) Professor Goodbody.
(c) Professor Coldheart.
(d) Professor Feelgood.

11. Charlie's grandparents are described by the narrator as being "as shriveled as" (8) what?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Seersucker pants.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Rotten plums.

12. What had been the name of the royal patron for whom Mr. Wonka created a palace made entirely of chocolate?
(a) Dauphin DeVry.
(b) Prince Pondicherry.
(c) King Magritte.
(d) Queen Holliday.

13. How many beds does the Bucket family's house have within it?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

14. When Grandpa Joe scoffs at Charlie's claim that Mr. Wonka is only "clever" (8), what term does Grandpa Joe instead apply to Mr. Wonka?
(a) Whiz.
(b) Savant.
(c) Magician.
(d) Wizard.

15. 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 father, Mr. Bucket.
(b) Grandma Georgina.
(c) Grandpa Joe.
(d) His mother, Mrs. Bucket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens the candy bar that is acquired as a result of Grandpa Joe's plan to get another chance at finding a golden ticket?

2. Who is the oldest one of Charlie's four grandparents?

3. Once the financial situation of Charlie's family worsens to its lowest point, what item does each family member have for breakfast each day?

4. When the plan to get another chance at finding a golden ticket is enacted by Charlie and Grandpa Joe, what type of bar does Charlie buy?

5. For what period of time had Mr. Wonka's factory remained silent before it started producing again?

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