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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many chocolate bars does Charlie ultimately buy with his found dollar bill?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. 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) The gates of the factory remaining wide open.
(b) Mr. Wonka standing on the factory balcony.
(c) Trucks pulling up to the factory to pick up inventory.
(d) Smoke coming out of the factory chimney.

3. The narrator describes Charlie's four grandparents as "pretending" (27) what emotion when Charlie is about to open his birthday bar of chocolate?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Anger.
(d) Calm.

4. The tour of the Mr. Wonka chocolate factory occurs on the first day of which month?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) April.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Over how many different types of chocolate bars has Mr. Wonka invented, according to Grandpa Joe?

3. What is NOT a food eaten on a regular basis by the Bucket family?

4. When Charlie first finds the dollar bill, he decides to buy how many chocolate bars before bringing the rest of the dollar home?

5. What is NOT named among the qualities of Violet's speech in the article focused on her discovery of a golden ticket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Charlie's nightly routine involving his grandparents?

2. In what way does Professor Foulbody's demonstration of his gold-finding machine go terribly awry?

3. What method does Roald Dahl use to introduce the main characters in the novel?

4. Describe Charlie's house and living conditions.

5. What four traits are depicted as unfavorable within Dahl's depictions of Violet, Veruca, Augustus, and Mike?

6. How are sensory details used to provide a vivid depiction of the outside of Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory?

7. How does the theme of integrity appear within Mr. Wonka's decision to close his factory for several months at one point in time?

8. What is ironic about the fact that Grandpa Joe is the oldest of Charlie's four grandparents?

9. What observation does the narrator make about "small children in times of hardship" (39)?

10. How are the title and subject matter of Chapter 10 at odds with a reader's typical expectations of a children's book?

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