Chapter 26
What do you have to wear in the Television Chocolate Room and why?
A pair of dark glasses, because the light could blind you.
When they took Mike Teavee out of the screen, where did he start running around? And what was he waving in the air?
He was running to and fro across the palm of Mrs. Teavee's hand, waving his pistols in the air.
What did children use to do to keep themselves entertained before the TV was invented? So what should you replace your TV set with?
Before the TV was invented, they used to read! So install a lovely bookshelf with lots of books instead.
What does it mean to dash?
"to go somewhere or run quickly"
What do you make if you start beating drums?
a rhythm
What are the Oompa-Loompas wearing in the Television Chocolate Room and why? (use the vocabulary word)
They were wearing bright-red space suits (complete with helmets and goggles) to protect them from the dangerous rays coming out of the camera.
What happens sometimes, that makes Mr. Wonka worried about how Mike will come out? What part do they hope comes back?
Sometimes only about half the little pieces find their way into the television set, so he hopes no part of Mike gets left behind. The top half.
What is the rarest and most magical vitamin of them all? What does it do? How is it useful?
Vitamin Wonka - it makes your toes grow out until they're as long as your fingers. He'll be able to play the piano with his feet.
What suddenly pops up on the screen when you are watching television?
a commercial
If something is "difficult to deal with and needs careful attention/skill", it is...
tricky
How many Oompa-Loompas were carrying the bar of chocolate? How big was it? Why do they need to use an enormous chocolate bar instead of a normal sized one?
Six. It was about the size of the mattress Charlie slept on at home. Because whenever you send something by television, it always comes out much smaller than it was when it went in.
What two things did Mike Teavee ask Mr. Wonka if they could be sent by TV? Why doesn't Mr. Wonka like the first thing, what does he think it is made of?
1. Breakfast cereal - He thinks it is made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners.
2. People (a real live person)
They'll put him in a special machine for testing the stretchiness of chewing-gum, to stretch him out. But he's going to be awfully thin. Everything gets thinner when you stretch it.
What did Mr. Wonka give to the Oompa-Loompa before sending him off with Mike Teavee's parents?
a piece of paper on which he had written full instructions
What vocabulary word is used to refer to a TV and what vocabulary word is used to describe books?
TV = junk
Books = wondrous
How does Television Chocolate work?
At one end, you take a picture of the chocolate. Then the photograph is split up into millions of tiny little pieces which are so small that you can't see them. They go whizzing through the air, until the pieces are put back together at the other end, all ready to be eaten.
What did Mike Teavee look like (use vocabulary word) and sound like when he appeared on the screen? What was he doing when he appeared on screen? And how tall was he now?
He was a midget with a tiny little voice, no louder than the squeaking of a mouse. He was standing up and waving at the audience and grinning from ear to ear. He was certainly not more than an inch tall.
Why did Mike start throwing a tantrum? What was he doing while throwing a tantrum? And what did Mike Teavee's dad do to him because he was throwing a tantrum?
Because Mr. Teavee says he's throwing the television set right out the window the moment they get home, but Mike wants to watch TV. He started jumping up and down, screaming and yelling, and trying to bite his mom's fingers. Mr. Teavee took the tiny boy and shoved him into the breast pocket of his jacket and stuffed a handkerchief on top.
What adverb is used to describe how Mr. and Mrs. Teavee, Charlie and Grandpa Joe, and Mr. Wonka stared at the screen?
tensely
Fill-in-the-blank: 'What on earth do you mean?' asked Mr. Teavee __________.
sharply
According to Charlie, what did the Television Chocolate Room look like? (5 things)
1. a long, narrow room
2. painted white all over (even the floors)
3. from the ceiling, huge lamps hung down and bathed the room in a brilliant blue-white light
4. the room was completely bare except at one end Oompa-Loompas were around a camera
5. at the other far end, an Oompa-Loompa was gazing at a TV screen
How will they fatten Mike Teavee up again? What is in this and what isn't in it? Why aren't those two things in it?
They'll give him a triple overdose of Supervitamin Chocolate, which are vitamins A-Z except for S and H. Vitamin S isn't in it, because it makes you sick. Vitamin H isn't in it, because it makes you grow horns on the top of your head (like a bull).
According to the Oompa-Loompa's song, name at least 5 things that happen if you let your child near a television set.
1. It rots the senses in the head!
2. It kills imagination dead!
3. It clogs and clutters up the mind!
4. It makes a child so dull and blind!
5. He can no longer understand a fantasy/fairyland!
6. His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
7. His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
8. He cannot think, he only sees!
Fill-in-the-blank: A whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustered around it, oiling its joints and _______ its knobs and polishing its great glass lens.
adjusting
According to the song, what should you be ignoring from your children after you replace your TV set? (at least say 2/5)
Ignoring all the dirty looks, the screams and yells, the bites and kicks, and children hitting you with sticks.