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What is used to propel Mr. Wonka's boat?
What is used to propel Mr. Wonka's boat?
- The current of the chocolate river
- A powerful engine
- Numerous Oompa-Loompas rowing oars (correct)
- A single large sail
What material was used to construct Mr. Wonka's boat?
What material was used to construct Mr. Wonka's boat?
- Pink glass
- A hollowed-out boiled sweet (correct)
- A giant seashell
- A special kind of painted wood
What is Veruca Salt's reaction to the boat?
What is Veruca Salt's reaction to the boat?
- She expresses admiration but no desire to own one
- She fears it and refuses to board
- She criticizes its color and design
- She demands her father buy her a similar boat and crew (correct)
What did Mr. Wonka say would happen to Augustus Gloop?
What did Mr. Wonka say would happen to Augustus Gloop?
How is the front and back of the boat described?
How is the front and back of the boat described?
Flashcards
Mr. Wonka's boat
Mr. Wonka's boat
A magical pink boat made from a giant boiled sweet.
Oompa-Loompas
Oompa-Loompas
Tiny workers who row the boat and are always laughing.
Chocolate river
Chocolate river
A river made of warm, flowing chocolate.
Violet Beauregarde
Violet Beauregarde
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Veruca Salt's demands
Veruca Salt's demands
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Study Notes
Wonka's Chocolate River Journey
- Boat: A gleaming pink, glass-like boat, created from a giant boiled sweet, is powered by Oompa Loompas.
- Oompa Loompas: Numerous Oompa Loompas row the boat, and they are portrayed as always laughing.
- Initial Journey: The boat travels down a warm chocolate river.
- Veruca Salt's Desire: Veruca Salt desires a similar boat, with Oompa Loompas, and a chocolate river.
- Food and Drink: Mr. Wonka provides chocolate to Charlie and Grandpa Joe, highlighting the creamiest and loveliest quality. It is noted that the chocolate was mixed by waterfall.
- Tunnel: The boat navigates a dark, enormous, white tunnel.
Tunnel's Contents
- Stored Items: Various items are visible inside the tunnel's storerooms.
- Storeroom 54 features various creams, including dairy, whipped, violet, coffee, pineapple, vanilla, and hair cream.
- Storeroom 71 displays whips of all shapes and sizes.
- Storeroom 77 contains various beans, including cacao, coffee, jelly, and has beans.
- Reactions and Questions: The passengers react to the unusual items.
- Mike Teavee is interested in a hair cream;
- Veruca Salt wonders about whips' purpose;
- Violet Beauregarde questions the purpose of "has beans".
- Mr. Wonka's Response: Mr. Wonka dismisses questions quickly, emphasizing the journey's continuation.
Journey's Unpredictability
- Tunnel's Darkness and Questions: The tunnel's darkness causes fear and concern for the passengers.
- Passengers question the direction and visibility, prompting Mr. Wonka to describe the journey's uncertainty using a rhyming verse.
- Mr. Wonka's Personality: Wonka's actions and comments regarding the tunnel create an aura of mischievous unpredictability and eccentricity , earning negative reactions from some of the passengers.
- Final Stop: The boat halts when reaching a red door, leading to a final event.
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