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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. Who is NOT one of the group who insists on being pushed into the Space Hotel while still in bed?
(a) Grandpa Joe.
(b) Grandma Georgina.
(c) Grandma Josephine.
(d) Grandpa George.

2. Who is NOT a member of the party traveling in the Great Glass Elevator at the start of the novel?
(a) Grandpa George.
(b) Grandpa Joe.
(c) Mr. Wonka.
(d) Augustus Gloop.

3. Who or what is Mrs. Taubsypuss?
(a) The presidential pony.
(b) The presidential dog.
(c) The presidential fish.
(d) The presidential cat.

4. Who travels inside the ship called the Commuter Capsule?
(a) The staff of the Space Hotel USA.
(b) The construction crew of the Space Hotel USA.
(c) The owners of the Space Hotel USA.
(d) The tenants of the Space Hotel USA.

5. How many rooms does the Space Hotel contain?
(a) 90.
(b) 800.
(c) 142.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Chief Financial Advisor to President Gilligrass balance the budget?

2. Who is NOT lying in bed within the glass elevator at the start of the novel?

3. What color is the elevator button that Mr. Wonka says must be pushed at exactly the right time?

4. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied at the time of the elevator inhabitants' visit?

5. When Mr. Wonka and the other inhabitants of the glass elevator escape from the Space Hotel, in what direction does the elevator travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?

2. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 3, entitled The Link Up?

3. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied when the Great Glass Elevator arrives?

4. Describe how the chapters concerned with political figures include racially problematic elements.

5. What information does Mr. Wonka share with the rest of the group about Vermicious Knids?

6. Who is piloting the object termed the Commuter Capsule?

7. Give an example of Dahl's use of a simile within Chapter 2.

8. What method of movement in zero gravity does Mr. Wonka teach to Charlie and his family?

9. How is Mr. Wonka's propensity for thwarting authority within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?

10. What is the purpose of the object termed the "Commuter Capsule" (11)?

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