Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Chapters 7 – 9

1. What did Grandpa Joe and Charlie find in the candy bars that Charlie was given for his birthday?

a) coupons to buy more candy
b) a golden ticket
c) only candy
d) an announcement for a contest

2. Who found the third golden ticket?

a) Augustus Gloop
b) Violet Beauregarde
c) Mike Teavee
d) Veruca Salt

3. What did Violet Beauregarde love to eat?

a) jaw breakers
b) chocolate candy bars
c) taffy
d) gum

4. How long did Violet chew on the same piece of gum?

a) three months solid
b) three days
c) three hours
d) three years

5. What kind of candy bar did Charlie get for his birthday?

a) Mars Bar
b) Wonka’s Chocolate Covered Eggs
c) Wonka’s Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight
d) Hershey’s Chocolate Bar with Almonds

6. What did Mike Teavee like to do?

a) ride his bike
b) watch T.V.
c) play cowboys and Indians
d) work with his dad on the farm

7. Charlie’s grandparents thought the winners with the golden tickets were ____ .

a) well-mannered
b) kind
c) brats
d) sweet

8. What did Grandpa Joe sneak and do?

a) watched television
b) shoveled snow
c) bought a candy bar
d) walked by the chocolate factory

9. Read these sentences from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

".....And I understand that afterwards he's going to give me enough gum to last me for the rest of my whole life. Whoopee! Hooray!"

"Beastly girl," sand Grandma Josephine.

"Despicable!" and Grandma Georgina. "She'll come to a sticky end one day, chewing all that gum, you see if she doesn't."

The word despicable means about the same as

a) courageous, brave
b) kind, sweet
c) greedy, selfish
d) vile, mean, detestable

10. When does Mike Teavee find the fourth Golden Ticket?

a) before Willy Wonka makes the announcement about the trip to his chocolate factory
b) after Charlie's birthday
c) before Augustus Gloop finds his Golden Ticket
d) at the end of the tour of the chocolate factory

11. What form of text is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”?

a) poem
b) story
c) drama
d) biography

12. What is the main problem in Chapters 7-9?

a) Charlie Bucket gets three sparse meals a day, which is hardly enough to nourish a growing boy, As a result, he is almost sickly thin.
b) Mr. Willy Wonka has decided to open the doors of his chocolate factory to five lucky children and their parents.
c) Violet Beauregarde discovers the third ticket while taking a break from setting a world record in gum chewing.
d) The fourth ticket goes to Mike Teavee, who, as his name implies, cares only about television.

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1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (c)
6. (b)
7. (c)
8. (c)
9. (d)
10. (b)
11. (b)
12. (a)