Name:____________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________
Time for a Test!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Part A – Multiple Choice
1. Why did Willy Wonka
shut down his factory?
2. Charlie got his
golden ticket when:
3. One word that best
describes Willie Wonka is:
(a) He thought spies
were working there.
(b) His chocolate was poisoned.
(c) The roof was leaking.
(d) Children didn’t buy
candy any more.
(a) He opened his
birthday chocolate.
(b) His teacher gave
him a bar as a present.
(c) He found a dollar
and bought a candy bar.
(d) A friend gave
Charlie her ticket.
(a) Tired.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Sad.
(d) Shy.
4. Willie Wonka’s chocolate
tastes so delicious because
it is mixed using:
5. What do the squirrels try
to determine when they
capture Veruca Salt?
6. What happens to all
the other children at
the end of the book?
(a) Chocolate birds.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) Gold spoons.
(d) A gigantic electric mixer.
(a) Whether or not she is a spy.
(b) Whether or not she
is a “bad nut”.
(c) Whether or not she
will fit in the incinerator.
(d) Whether or not she
weighs more than chocolate.
(a) They go home. They are
alright, but a little changed.
(b) They completely disappear,
never to be seen again.
(c) They remain trapped in
the factory forever.
(d) They go to the police
to expose Mr. Wonka’s
wrongdoings.
7. What are Mr. Wonka’s plans
for the chocolate factory?
8. What happens to Violet
when she chews the gum?
9. What do the
Oompa-Loompas do after
each child gets taken away?
(a) He plans to sell it
to the highest bidder.
(b) He plans to give it
to Charlie.
(c) He plans to tear it down.
(d) He plans to turn it
into a library.
(a) She shrivels up into a raisin.
(b) Her feet grow large,
and she can’t walk.
(c) She swells up and
turns blue.
(d) She loses her voice
and can’t talk.
(a) They sing a song
about the child.
(b) They wash their hands.
(c) They put up a poster
with the child’s face on it.
(d) They put on a little
play about the child.
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Name:____________________________________________
Date:__________________________________________
Time for a Test!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Part B – Short Answer
1. Roald Dahl has created many interesting characters for us to enjoy. Choose one of the characters
from the story and describe him or her in 2-3 sentences.
2. How do the fortunes of Charlie and his family differ at the beginning of the story and the end?
Part C – Long Answer
1. A lot of the things said and done in this story are quite silly. What are three things in the story
that are entirely silly? What are three things that are not silly at all?
2. The children in the story are very badly behaved (except for Charlie of course!). Choose one of
the children (Augustus, Violet, Mike or Veruca) and discuss what happens to them when they
behave badly during the factory tour.
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