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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 much earlier does Charlie leave for his walk to school after the family begins to slowly starve?
2. The tour of the Mr. Wonka chocolate factory occurs on the first day of which month?
3. Over how many different types of chocolate bars has Mr. Wonka invented, according to Grandpa Joe?
4. The narrator describes Charlie's four grandparents as "pretending" (27) what emotion when Charlie is about to open his birthday bar of chocolate?
5. What are the names of Mrs. Bucket's parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about the fact that Grandpa Joe is the oldest of Charlie's four grandparents?
2. In what way does Mrs. Bucket try to prepare Charlie for possible disappointment regarding the presence of a golden ticket in his birthday candy bar?
3. In what small way does Mr. Bucket earn money during the time of his unemployment?
4. What observation does the narrator make about "small children in times of hardship" (39)?
5. How does Veruca's father report having acquired a golden ticket for his daughter Veruca?
6. In what way is impulsive behavior encouraged within the scene of Charlie's discovery of a golden ticket?
7. How are the title and subject matter of Chapter 10 at odds with a reader's typical expectations of a children's book?
8. What conclusion does Grandma Georgina draw about the final golden ticket and what is the outcome of her prediction?
9. What is Charlie's nightly routine involving his grandparents?
10. How does Charlie acquire a Wonka bar of chocolate between his birthday and the day when he finds a golden ticket?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of family bonds treated within Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory send about secrecy and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
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 Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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