Novel 1
Novel 2
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Vocab
100

Q. Who does the President refer to as “Nanny?”

a. The Chief Financial Advisor.

b. The Chief of Foreign Affairs.

c. Miss Tibbs.

d. Mr. Wonka.

Ans. c. Miss Tibbs.

100

Q. What does Mr. Wonka want to link up with?

a. The Space Hotel.

b. The Chocolate Factory.

c. Shanks and Showler.

d. The Ground Control.

Ans. a. The Space Hotel.

100

Q. A celebrity is someone who _______.

a. makes perfume.

b. is famous.

Ans. b. is famous.

100

Directions: Choose the word most similar in meaning to the underlined word.

Q. I shall wait anxiously for your reply.

a. effortlessly.

b. distinctly.

c. nervously.

Ans. c. nervously.

200

Q. What or who attacks the Commuter Capsule?

a. Creatures from Mars.

b. The Vermicious Knids.

c. A spacecraft from the United States.

d. A meteor showers.

Ans. b. The Vermicious Knids.

200

Q. What does the President offer Mr. Wonka, Charlie, and Charlie’s family?

a. An invitation to visit at the White House.

b. The use of a space shuttle to rescue them.

c. Miss Tibbs as an interpreter.

d. One million dollars to leave the Space Hotel.

Ans. a. An invitation to visit at the White House.

200

Q. If you are asked to guard some jewelry, you make sure ________.

a. nobody steals it.

b. you get a good price for it.

Ans. a. nobody steals it.

200

Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

Q. I really don’t relish the idea of being alone for two weeks.

a. dislike

b. cherish

c. enjoy

Ans. a. dislike

300

Q. How many years does a Wonka-Vite subtract from a person’s life?

a. 50 years

b. 20 years

c. 10 years

d. 5 years

Ans. b. 20 years

300

Q. Why can’t the Commuter Capsule re-enter the Earth?

a. Their rockets are busted.

b. They do not have clearance from the President.

c. They do not have enough gas.

d. The reserves switch is broken.

Ans. a. Their rockets are busted.

300

Q. Your attitude toward something is _______ about it.

a. What you know.

b. how you feel.

Ans. b. how you feel.

300

Directions: Choose the word most similar in meaning to the underlined word.

Q. When I heard the news, I was flabbergasted.

a. surprised.

b. bored.

c. calm.

Ans. a. surprised.

400

Q. Where does the Great Glass Elevator finally come to land?

a. In the Atlantic Occean.

b. On planet Vermes.

c. At the Chocolate Factory.

d. The White House.

Ans. c. At the Chocolate Factory.

400

Q. How does Charlie suggest saving the Commuter Capsule?

a. By sharing some gas with it.

b. By bringing all the people on board the Great Glass Elevator.

c. By pushing it back to earth.

d. By towing it out of orbit.

Ans. d. By towing it out of orbit.

400

Q. If you put an emphasis on a word when you speak, the word is ______.

a. not important

b. important.

Ans. b. important.

400

Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

Q. The president jiggled furiously on the little thing you jiggle when you want the operator.

a. fiercely.

b. gently.

c. frantically.

Ans. b. gently.

500

Q. What happens to Grandma Georgina when she takes too many Wonka-Vites?

a. She disappears into thin air.

b. She turns into a three-month old baby.

c. She turns into a one-year-old baby.

d. Nothing happens to her.

Ans. a. She disappears into thin air.

500

Q. Mr. Wonka receives a letter of thanks written by ________.

a. Grandma Georgina.

b. The Oompa-Loompas.

c. Miss Tibbs.

d. Lancelot R. Gilligrass.

Ans. d. Lancelot R. Gilligrass.

500

Q. An authority on perfume __________.

a. owns a lot of it.

b. knows a lot about it.

Ans. b. knows a lot about it.

500

Directions: Choose the word most similar in meaning to the underlined word.

Q. He repented of his sins before he died.

a. apologized.

b. honored.

c. addressed.

Ans. a. apologized.