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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 object is the President rolling back and forth between his fingers as he gets excited about a prospective visit from Martians?
2. Chapter 15's title mentions whose name, in addition to the word good-bye?
3. What is the television event monopolizing the time of an estimated 500 million people?
4. Willy Wonka tells Charlie that Charlie's upcoming comprehensive tour of the factory will take what amount of time?
5. What action does Grandpa Joe want to take when the inhabitants of the Glass Elevator see the Commuter Capsule being attacked?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problem is Mr. Wonka trying to solve in Chapter 13, entitled How Wonka-Vite Was Invented?
2. What new target do the Vermicious Knids attack after trying to smash the Great Glass Elevator?
3. In what way is Mr. Wonka portrayed as being skillful at lying?
4. In what way does Charlie's reaction to Wonka-Vite differ from his father Mr. Bucket's reaction to the invention?
5. Into what room in the chocolate factory does the Great Glass Elevator make a crash landing?
6. How is the theme of collectivism demonstrated within Grandpa Joe's part in helping to get the old ones to be more lively?
7. What is Roald Dahl's message concerning televsion audiences within the text?
8. How is Mr. Wonka shown to be fallible within Chapter 10, entitled Commuter Capsule in Trouble--Knid Attack Number One?
9. Discuss the message sent within the song that Miss Tibbs sings to the President entitled "The Nurse's Song" (62).
10. When the elevator's inhabitants have a chance to save the 150 people in the Commuter Capsule, how does the split in opinion depict the contrast between positive and negative thinking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the motif of sound within the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the theme of courage within the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. What is Dahl's message regarding courage and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and analyze Dahl's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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