Wonka - Chapter 1 Comprehension Quiz

How long had Willy been at sea before deciding to pursue his next adventure?

• Five years

• Six years

• Seven years

• Eight years

How does Willy describe the city he is heading to when he first sees it on the horizon?

• Bustling with life and industry

• Sprawling, grand, and smelling of chocolate

• Serene and surrounded by mist

• Ancient and filled with history

What is unique about the chocolate bar Willy keeps in his pocket?

• It is his favorite flavor.

• It is wrapped in a faded wrapper with his mother’s handwriting.

• It is made with a secret recipe he invented.

• It never melts, no matter the temperature.

Why does Willy hesitate when the shoeshine boy first asks for payment?

• He doesn’t remember agreeing to have his shoes cleaned.

• He doesn’t have enough coins to pay him.

• He thinks the boy is overcharging him.

• He wants the boy to clean his coat as well.

What does the captain say about the twelve silver sovereigns he gives Willy?

• It is all the ship can afford.

• It includes a bonus for the chocolates Willy made for the crew.

• It is more than Willy deserved.

• It should cover Willy’s expenses in the city for a month.

What does Willy imagine about the empty shop he finds next to Slugworth’s?

• It will become a grand mansion.

• It will be filled with his chocolates and sweets, attracting crowds.

• It will remain empty because the city is too expensive.

• It will be the smallest and most modest chocolate shop in the city.

Why is Willy fined three sovereigns by the policeman?

• For sitting on the crane.

• For daydreaming and disrupting others in the arcade.

• For refusing to pay the shoeshine boy.

• For breaking a window in the arcade.

What realization does Willy come to about the Galeries Gourmet arcade?

• It is too grand for his modest dreams.

• It is expensive and unimaginative, lacking creative charm.

• It is poorly maintained and in need of repairs.

• It is too exclusive for someone like him to enter.

What symbolic act does Willy perform when he arrives at the Galeries Gourmet?

• He pulls out his mother’s chocolate bar and whispers to her memory.

• He kneels on the ground and kisses the pavement.

• He gives away all his remaining sovereigns to the shoeshine boy.

• He loudly declares his plans to become the best chocolatier in the world.

How does Willy lose the last of his silver sovereigns?

• A thief steals them from his coat pocket.

• He gives them all away to a poor mother and child.

• The shoeshine boy tricks him into paying for more services.

• A coin falls through a hole in his pocket and rolls into a drain.