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Name:______________________

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Chapters 1 - 3Vocabulary: belch - p. 9; scent - p. 9; colossal - p. 15;

stammer - p.18

Exercise: Fill in the spaces below with synonyms from the vocabulary list.

1.___________________ colossal

2.___________________ scented

3.___________________ stammered4.___________________ belching

Questions:

1. How can you tell that Charlies family is very poor?_________________________

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2. How does the factory torture Charlie? __________________________________

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3. What happened when Prince Pondicherry asked Mr. Wonka to build him a palace?

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4. Why do Charlies grandparents look so serious when they tell him about the factory

workers? __________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________________5. Create a simple family tree for Charlie.

Prediction: Who are the secret workers in the factory?


by Roald Dahl

Chapters 4 - 6

pages 18 - 31

Vocabulary: dotty - p. 25; glistening - p. 25; revolting - p. 27; repulsive - p. 27; duchess

- p. 29

Exercise: Choose and circle the one word in each of the lists below which does not

belong with the others. Below each set of words, explain why.

1. shrill dull glistening glossy

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2. repulsive loathsome revolting bitter

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3. balmy dotty eccentric stern

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4. queen princess duchess duke

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Questions:

1. According to Willies grandparents, why did Mr. Wonka close his factory for a while?


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2. Why is everyone excited about the ad Mr. Wonka puts in the newspaper?______________________________________________________________________

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3. What is the first ticket finder like?______________________________________

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Make an attribute web for him.

4. How does Veruca end up with a winning ticket? __________________________

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What does this show you about her? _____________________________________

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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 7 - 9

pages 32 - 43

Vocabulary: stilettos - p. 39; rummaging - p. 40Exercise: 1. Where might you see stilettos flashing? ________________________

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2. Would you rummage through an airport or through a box?___________________

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Questions:

1. How do the Buckets celebrate Charlies birthday? _________________________

__________________________________________________________________2. How is Violet Beauregarde like Mike Teavee?____________________________

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How are they different?________________________________________________

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3. Use your answers from 2 to fill out the Venn diagram.

4. Reread the title of chapter 9. How does Grandpa Joe take a gamble ? Does it pay

off? ______________________________________________________________

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5. Why do Grandpa Joe and Charlie laugh when they open the candy bar?________

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Prediction: Chapter 10 is entitled, The Family Begins to Starve. What bad luck do

you think the family runs into?___________________________________________

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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 10 - 12

pages 43 - 58

Vocabulary: gale - p. 43; huddled - p. 43; ravenously - p. 44; wolfing - p. 48; sensation

- p. 51; clatter - p. 53; verdict - p. 53; escorted - p. 56; mystic - p. 56; entrance - p. 56;perplex - p. 56; fluster - p. 57; pandemonium - p. 58

Exercise:

1. Describe a situation in which you would be perplexed.

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2. What would you do if you were flustered?

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3. Describe a scene of pandemonium at your house.

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4. Why wouldnt you drink a gale?

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__________________________________________________________________5. Who might ask you for your verdict besides a judge?

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1. Why does Mr. Bucket lose his job?_____________________________________

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2. How does Charlie try to preserve his strength?____________________________

__________________________________________________________________3. How does Charlie use the dollar he finds?_______________________________

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What do you think he should do with it?____________________________________

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4. How does Charlie react when he finds the winning ticket?___________________

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Have you ever won anything? How did you react? ____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Who is going to go with Charlie to the Factory? ___________________________

Why is that person chosen to go with Charlie? ______________________________

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Prediction:What do you suppose will happen when Charlie goes to Wonkas factory?

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryby Roald Dahl

Literary Analysis of Setting: Setting is the time and place (including the weather) of a

story. The setting often helps create the mood, or feeling of a story. Explain how the

weather in chapter 10 matches the way the Bucket family members feel.

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Art: Draw a blueprint showing the layout of the factory.


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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 13 - 15

pages 58 -73

Vocabulary: stencil - p. 60; goatee - p. 61; alight - p. 61; enraptured - p. 64; muffled - p.

66; bustled - p. 66; warren - p. 67; churning - p. 68; whirlpool - p. 68; aiders - p. 70;

mauve - p. 70; flabbergasted - p. 70; dumfounded - p. 70; delectable - p. 71

Exercise: Complete the following analogies using words from the vocabulary list

above. The first one is done for an example.

1. Cold is to hot as black is to white.

2. Beard is to____________ as hair is to braid.

3. ____________ is to t-shirt as paint is to poster.


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4. Darkened is to anger as _____________ is to laughter.

Questions:

1. Who is standing outside the factory gates the morning of the tour? _____________

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2. What is Mr. Wonka like? Is he someone you would trust? Why or why not?

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3. According to Mr. Wonka, why is the factory kept so warm? __________________

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4. Why are so many of the factory rooms underground? ______________________

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5. What is so amazing about the valley?__________________________________

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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 16 - 18 pages 73 - 92

Vocabulary: cacao - p. 75; wretched - p. 61; suction - p. 79; torpedo - p. 79; brigade -

p.80; peals - p. 83; infantile - p. 85; gall - p. 85

Exercise: Below are 4 definitions. Fill in the blank next to each with the vocabulary

word that it defines.

1.___________________: a force which acts by sucking in air.

2.___________________: immature; childish.

3.___________________: group of individuals organized for a particular purpose, such

as for rescue or for putting out fires

4.___________________: impudence; rude behavior.

Questions:


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1. How did Mr. Wonka convince the Oompa-Loompas to come and work for him? Do

you think they are better off now than they were in their homeland?

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2. How does Augustus Gloop create a problem for himself?

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3. How does Mr. Wonka react to Augustus problem?______________________________________________________________________

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4. Why does Grandpa Joe hope that the Oompa-Loompas are joking?

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__________________________________________________________________5. Does Mr. Wonka treat Charlie differently from the other children? How ? Why?

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6. In order to get some jokes, you have to understand that a particular word has two

meanings. What is funny about Mr. Wonkas explanation about what the whips are for?

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7.Explain what is funny about Mr. Wonkas sign on room 77: ...jelly beans and has

beans....

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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 19 - 21 - pages 93 -109Vocabulary: froth - p. 98; obstinately - p. 101; tongs - p. 102; spellbound - p. 102;

gaping - p. 102; consuming - p. 107; massive - p. 108; sanatorium - p. 108

Exercise: Create word maps for the following words: gaping; obstinately; massive.

Questions:

1. Why is the inventing room the most important room in the factory?______________

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2. Who are Fickelgruber, Prodnose, and Slugworth?__________________________________________________________________

Do you think the names fit?

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3. Why will children who have little money appreciate everlasting gobstoppers?

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4. How is Hair Toffee different from regular toffee?__________________________________________________________________

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5. What is so amazing about Wonkas chewing gum?_________________________

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If you could have 1 piece turn into the meal of your choice, what would you have it

turned into?_________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________6. What problem does Violet run into?____________________________________

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7. What do the Oompa-Loompas do to help solve Violets problem?______________

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8. Who is Miss Bigelow and why are the Oompa-Loompas singing about her?

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Writing:Everlasting gobstoppers are aimed at a special market of poor children.Make a list of candies for children in special groups, such as clumsy children who

always spill their gumdrops. Write and draw an ad for one of the candies on your list.


by Roald Dahl

Chapters 22 - 24

pages 109 -125

Vocabulary: waiting - p. 110; chute - p. 117; cocked - p. 117; intently - p. 117;

anchored - p. 119; rubbish - p. 120; incinerator - p. 121; halibut - p. 124; rancid - p.124;

pandered - p.125

Exercise:Extend the synonym chains.

1. intently - absorbedly - _______________ - ________________

2. rancid - rotten - _______________ - ________________

3. rubbish - garbage - _______________ - ________________

4. wafting - floating - _______________ - ________________

Questions:

1. Mike asks Mr. Wonka why he makes gum, if he finds it so disgusting. What is Mr.

Wonkas reply?______________________________________________________

Do you think he should make gum?_______________________________________


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Why?______________________________________________________________

2. How do the square candies look round? Explain the double meaning.

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______________________________________________________________3. What is the squirrels job?____________________________________________

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4. How does Verucas greediness get her in trouble?_________________________

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5. According to the Oompa-Loompas, what punishment will Veruca get?__________

__________________________________________________________________6. The Oompa-Loompas say that a girl cant spoil herself. Do you agree that Verucas

parents are partly to blame for her acting like a spoiled brat?

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Prediction: There are only 2 children left now. What do you think will happen to them?

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__________________________________________________________Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Chapters 25 - 27

pages 125 -149

Vocabulary: luminous - p.128; precipice - p. 130; hurtled - p. 130; tamper - p. 131;

dazzlingly - p. 132; miraculously - p. 137; ghastly - p. 146; install - p. 148

Exercise:Choose the vocabulary word from the list above which best fits in each spacebelow.

1. ___________________, all of the occupants survived the fiery crash.

2. Many bottles now have ______________-proof caps.

3. The space shuttle ________________ through space.


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4. The watch has a ___________________dial so that you can tell the time even when

you are in the dark.

5. She paid him $50 to ___________________her new washing machine.

6. The mountain climber scrambled to the top of the _________________.7. What a _________________shade of green that ugly dress is!

8. The newly shined floor was_________________white.

Questions:

1. What does Mr. Wonka mean when he says, Theyll all come out in the wash ? What

does this expression usually mean?__________________________________

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______________________________________________________________2. How is Mr. Wonkas elevator different from most elevators? __________________

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3. Which floor does Mike choose to visit? _________________________________

Which one would you have chosen?______________________________________

4. Explain what problem is solved by three of the candies listed on the elevator

buttons. (example: Invisible chocolate bars for eating in class solve the problem of

being caught eating by the teacher.)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. How does Charlie feel as he watches the Oompa-Loompas at work in the TV room?

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6. How does Mike get into trouble?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What do you think Roald Dahls opinion of TV watching is? Do you agree with his

opinion? Why or why not?______________________________________________

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by Roald Dahl

Chapters 28 - 30pages 149 -162

Vocabulary: darted - p. 149; craned - p. 151; eerie - p. 153; hovering - p. 154; petrified

- p. 161

Exercise: See if you can include all five words, above, in a meaningful sentence. If

you are unable to come up with 1 sentence with all the words, then do it in two.

Questions:

1. Mr. Wonka pretends to be surprised when he notices that Charlie is the only childleft. What does this show you about Mr. Wonka?_____________________________

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2. Why has Mr. Wonka waited for years to press the elevator button?_____________

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3. What happens to the other children in the end? How do they look? Have their

personalities changed? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Why does Mr. Wonka decide to give the factory to Charlie?__________________

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of the characters would you most like to be? Why?____________________

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6. Some adults do not think that this is a good story for children. Why do you suppose

that is?____________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________Writing: Pretend that there is one additional contest winner. Give that child an

appropriate name, write a short character sketch which describes what he/she is like,

and write a scene where he/she gets into trouble in the factory.

Art: Make a poster showing one of the rooms at the chocolate factory.

If you enjoyed this book, try reading some more of Roald Dahls stories:

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

The BFGThe Twits

Danny, Champion of the World

Fantastic Mr. Fox

James and the Giant Peach

The Witches


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