Characters
Describe the Bucket Family and their house.
The Bucket family was poor and loving. Their house was small. The grandparents all slept in one bed in the living room.
Who were the golden ticket winners?
What is Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregard, and Charlie Bucket?
Why did Mr. Wonka close the factory?
Mr. Wonka closed the factory because spies were pretending to be workers and stealing his ideas/recipes.
What are 2 inventions Mr. Wonka created?
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What was so special about the glass elevator?
The glass elevator could take you to any room in the whole factory. It went in any direction, even into the town.
Describe why you choose those character traits.
Veruca was spoiled and ungrateful. She is spoiled because her parents get her whatever she wants like an Oompa-loompas. Veruca is ungrateful because she throws a fit if her parents say no even though she already has a lot of things.
Charlie has no money. How did he get money to buy a chocolate bar to win a golden ticket?
Charlie found money (one dollar) in a drain while he was walking home. He took the money to a shop and bought 2 chocolate bars and the second one had the golden ticket.
When Charlie would walk past the factory everyday what would he smell?
Charlie would smell chocolate.
What was so special about the Everlasting Gobstoppers?
The Everlasting Gobstoppers were special because they lasted forever and switched colors once a week.
What was Mr. Wonka's boat made out of?
Mr. Wonka's boat was made out of boiled pink sweet.
What are the differences between Augustus Gloop and Charlie Bucket?
Augustus Gloop is fat and eats everything he sees. He is rich.
Charlie Bucket is a skinny shrimp and eats the same things for every meal everyday. He is poor.
How did Veruca Salt get a golden ticket?
How many days did Charlie have to prepare for the factory visit?
Charlie had one day to prepare for the factory tour.
What was the most important room in the factory?
The most important room in the factory was the inventing room.
What happened to Mike Teavee when he went through the television waves?
Mike Teavee turned one inch tall and had a squeaky voice.
When Mr. Bucket lost his job and the family could barely afford food to eat. Charlie was hungry. What was one thing Charlie did to save his strength from the hunger?
Charlie left the house early to walk very slow to school. He did everything very slow and careful. Charlie did not talk much at school and did not play at recess.
Who found the very first golden ticket?
Augustus Gloop was the first golden ticket winner.
The people in the town could see shadows in the windows and could smell the chocolate.
Describe the square candies that looked round.
The square candies that looked round were white sugar cubes with pink faces on them that looked around.
What did Veruca do to upset the squirrels? What happened to her and her family?
Veruca upset the squirrels by going into the room without permission and trying to take one home. The squirrels attacked Veruca and put her down the garbage chute. Veruca's parents went in to save her and went down the garbage chute.
Why did the Oompa-loompa's agree to come live and work for Mr. Wonka?
The Oompa-Loompa's agreed to work with Mr. Wonka at the factory because he promised them all the cacao beans they wanted. They were not safe in the jungle and were sick of eating caterpillars.
What did Charlie win during the factory tour and how?
Charlie won the chocolate factory. He won it because he was the last winner remaining. He followed Mr. Wonka's directions and did not get into any trouble on the tour.
During the factory tour Augustus Gloop was misbehaving. How was he misbehaving? What happened to him for misbehaving?
Augustus Gloop was misbehaving by eating chocolate out of the chocolate river. Augustus fell into the river and got sucked up into a tube. The tube took him to the Fudge Room.
Mr. Wonka's inventions had to be tested. Give an example of one of the inventions that needed more testing. Why did it need more testing?
Answers may vary.
Fizzy lifting drink- the Oompa-loompa's tried it and floated away and never came back.
The gum- turned Violet into a blueberry.
What did Prince Pondicherry ask Mr. Wonka to help him with? What happened to what Mr. Wonka helped him with?
The Prince asked Mr. Wonka to build him a castle out of chocolate. The castle melted because it was too hot outside.