The Invention of Vita Wonk Class 7 Worksheet English Honeycomb Chapter 1

Q.1. What was the age of the tortoise whose egg was collected by Mr. Willy Wonka?
(a) 1000 years old
(b) 200 years old
(c) 400 years old
(d) 100 years old

Correct options is (b)
Mr. Wonka collected an egg laid by a two hundred years old tortoise in order to create a drink that would make people older.

Q.2. The Arabian horse is distinct because they lived for ________ years.
(a) twenty-five
(b) fifty-two
(c) fifty-one
(d) fifteen

Correct options is (c)
The Arabian horse lived for 51 years which is quite unusual for any normal horse.

Q.3. What does the lesson tell you about Venomous Squerkle?

According to the lesson, Venomous Squerkle is very strong and powerful. It has the potency to throw its poison fifty yards away from it.

Q.4. Name five ancient things collected by Mr. Wonka.

Mr Wonka collected a pint of sap from a 4000 years old Bristlecone pine tree, whiskers of a 36 years old cat called Crumpets, an egg laid by a 200 years old tortoise that belonged to the King of Tonga.
He also collected tail of 207 years old rat from Tibet and tail of 51 years old horse in Arabia.

Q.5. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
So once again I rolled up my sleeves and set to work, once again I squeezed my brain, searching for the new recipe.........I had to create age.......... to make people old.......... old........... older, oldest............ "Haha"! I cried, for now, the idea was beginning to come. "What is the oldest living thing in the world? What lives longer than anything else?"
(i) Name the lesson and its author.
(ii) Name the speaker and the person he is speaking to.
(iii) What is the new recipe he is searching for and what is the purpose of it?
(iv) Find the antonym of 'youngest' from the passage.

(i) Name of the lesson is the Invention of Vita-Wonk, written by Roald Dahl.
(ii) The speaker is Mr. Willy Wonka and he is speaking to his assistant Charlie.
(iii) He is searching for the new recipe for Vita-Wonk to create age and make people old.
(iv) 'Oldest'.

Q.6. How old was the cat whose whiskers were collected by Mr. Willy Wonka in the plot?

(a) 56 years
(b) 26 years
(c) 36 years
(d) 76 years

Correct options is (c)
Mr. Willy Wonka collected the whiskers of a thirty-six-year-old cat called Crumpets in order to make Vita-Wonk.

Q.7. Whose toe-nail was collected by Mr. Willy Wonka?
(a) A Russian farmer's
(b) A Chinese scholar's
(c) An American musician's
(d) An Indian potter's

Correct options is (a)
Mr. Wonka collected the toe-nail clipping of a 168-year-old Russian farmer called Petrovich Gregorovitch.

Q.8. According to Charlie, what lives the longest.

According to Charlie, a tree lives the longest.

Q.9. What trees does Mr. Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?

The trees that Mr. Wonka mentions are the Douglas fir, the oak, the cedar, and the Bristlecone pine. He says that the Bristlecone pine lives the longest.

Q.10. By what means did Mr. Willy Wonka travel across the world?
(a) The great flying car
(b) The grand chopper
(c) The great glass elevator
(d) The magical parachute

Correct options is (c)
Mr. Wonka invented strange things and he used to travel across the world in his Great Glass elevator, to accomplish his mysterious works.