Category: Things Fall Apart

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The Family Begins to Starve

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Which two things do all the Buckets think about all the time?

Find the paragraph that begins with Charlie "trudging through the snow on his way to school. . ." What does "trudging" mean in this section?

Grandma Josephine tells the other grandparents that Charlie refuses a piece of bread his mother put on his plate. What does Charlie�s response show us about Charlie?

Towards the end of the chapter, people are hurrying past Charlie, who is "crouching in the gutter." What does "crouching" mean in this context?

What does Charlie find in the gutter?

What does Charlie decide to do with what he finds in the gutter?

Was there anything that wasn't clear to you?

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Mr. Wonka and the Indian Prince

What is the main idea of this chapter?

The palace�s owner will not eat the chocolate palace. What will happen instead?

After Grandpa Joe describes the palace, Charlie asks, "�Or are you pulling my leg?�" What does it mean to "pull someone�s leg" in this sentence?

What finally happens to the palace?

Towards the end of the chapter, Roald Dahl writes that the grandparents were "friendly smiling faces, but they were also quite serious." What does "serious" mean in this context?

Charlie is shocked to hear something Grandpa Joe tells him at the end of the chapter. What shocks Charlie?

Was there anything that wasn't clear to you?