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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. Who is NOT mentioned as a member of the large group congregating within "the President's study in the White House" (40) to address the trespassing problem at the Space Hotel?
2. What color is the elevator button that causes its booster rockets to fire?
3. How many rooms does the Space Hotel contain?
4. In what manner does Mr. Wonka teach the elevator's other inhabitants how to move around the elevator without gravity?
5. Mr. Wonka says that the Great Glass Elevator could link up with what type of animal if it were deemed necessary?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Roald Dahl immediately alert the readers to the fact that they are reading a sequel?
2. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 3, entitled The Link Up?
3. How does Dahl employ foreshadowing within the scene inside the Space Hotel USA?
4. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.
5. Name one element of the Space Hotel USA that acts as a means of foreshadowing.
6. Describe how the chapters concerned with political figures include racially problematic elements.
7. Who is piloting the object termed the Commuter Capsule?
8. Give an example of hyberbole within Chapter 3.
9. Describe one example of political satire within the text.
10. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
What is the novel's message concerning the link between mind and body?
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 the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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