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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. What is said to be a quality of a single pill of Wonka-Vite?

2. What type of facility do Charlie and Mr. Wonka pass on their way to Minusland?

3. What creatures had Grandpa Joe worried might eat the item lowered out of the bottom of the Great Glass Elevator?

4. What favor does the President ask of Miss Tibbs when she tells him to wash his sticky hands?

5. About how many of the Space Hotel USA's staff are eaten by creatures?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long did it take Mr. Wonka to invent Wonka-Vite, according to Mr. Wonka himself?

2. What announcement does Mr. Wonka make about the value of the single bottle of Wonka-Vite?

3. In what way is Mr. Wonka portrayed as being skillful at lying?

4. In what way does the character of Mr. Bucket undergo a major change in Chapter 15, entitled Good-bye, Georgina?

5. Describe the appearance of Wonka-Vite.

6. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?

7. What new target do the Vermicious Knids attack after trying to smash the Great Glass Elevator?

8. In what way is a more tender side of Mr. Wonka's character revealed within Chapter 12, entitled Back to the Chocolate Factory?

9. Discuss the message sent within the song that Miss Tibbs sings to the President entitled "The Nurse's Song" (62).

10. What is the effect of Wonka-Vite on the three old ones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Dahl in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Dahl serve Dahl’s creation of vivid characters.

Essay Topic 2

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Dahl's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Look carefully at the passages of the novel that portray the close relationship between danger and excitement. What is Dahl's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two elements of the human condition?

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