Charlie and

the Chocolate Factory

Digital Breakout

Directions: Use the clues provided to decipher each lock. Type your answers in the correct space on the Google Form below. Be sure to pay attention to the answer format. Click submit when you think you've answered each question correctly. A "Congratulations" message will appear if you're right! If not, go back and re-work the items you've answered incorrectly.

ABC Lock- Answer these questions about the novel. Your code will be your letter choices.

1. What forces Mr. Wonka to shut down his factory and fire all the workers?

A. Spies begin stealing all his secret recipes

B. Workers begin fighting with one another

C. A union strike

D. Greed


2. How does Grandpa Joe react to Mr. Wonka's announcement about the golden ticket?

A. Grandpa Joe thinks Mr. Wonka is crazy

B. Grandpa Joe thinks Mr. Wonka is mean-spirited

C. Grandpa Joe thinks Mr. Wonka is a genius

D. None of the above


3. What does Charlie get every year for his birthday?

A. One chocolate bar

B. Some cabbage soup

C. Three baseball cards

D. Two chocolate bars


4. What happens to Augustus in the chocolate room?

A. He falls prey to an Oompa-Loompa

B. He falls into the chocolate river

C. He falls in love with Veruca

D. He finds nothing to eat


5. What does Violet Beauregarde always do?

A. Chew gum

B. Yell

C. Eat chocolate

D. Hit people

Rebus/Word Lock- Solve this rebus puzzle. Your word to unlock this code will be the answer to the question.

Literary Lock - Your code will be your letter choices!


1. He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents.

A. simile B. metaphor C. onomatopoeia D. hyperbole


2. How long could we allow this beast to gorge and guzzle, feed and feast?

A. simile B. metaphor C. theme D. personification


3. The children are disappearing like rabbits!

A. alliteration B. personification C. idiom D. simile


4. Smoke Belching

A. simile B. metaphor C. onomatopoeia D. personification


5. "Zing!"

A. alliteration B. hyperbole C. onomatopoeia D. foreshadowing

Number Lock- Read these descriptions about characters from the novel. Your code to unlock this puzzle will be the number of digits in each character's first or last name.

1. a chocolatier, exceedingly eccentric with many odd qualities

2. the last one to find a Golden Ticket

3. is incredibly greedy and the first child to find a Golden Ticket

4. very spoiled; is judged as a ‘bad nut’ and sent down the garbage shaft

5. gum turns her into a human blueberry, and she is rolled away to have the juice squeezed out of her


Crossword/Vocabulary Lock- Fill in the crossword with words from the story. Your code will be the first letter of each word in numerical order.

K.Keegan, 2019