Phantom Tollbooth: Chapters 1-2

In chapter 1, Milo’s mood could best be described as 

• Bored
• Sad
• Curious
• Confused

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the best summary for chapter 1?  

• Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and is excited to go on an adventure.
• Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and hopes it’s a fun toy or else he will be bored. 
• Milo is a bored child who is only happy when he is in school.
• Milo’s parents need to spend more time with him.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the sentence from page 9, paragraph 2. “Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.” Based on this sentence, what is one conclusion the reader can make about Milo?  

• That Milo is not confident 
• That Milo is bored with his life 
• That Milo is curious about life 
• That Milo is not very smart

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did the package Milo opened say would happen if someone were not completely satisfied?

• Your wasted time would not be refunded
• Your wasted time would be refunded
• Your money would be refunded
• Your money would not be refunded

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What does Milo use to travel through the tollbooth?

• A bus
• An automobile
• A plane
• A train

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the first place Milo visits?

• Doldrum
• Dictionopolis
• The Land of Expectations
• The Market

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Who said "It's more important to know whether there will be weather that what the weather will be." 

• Tock
• The Lethargians
• Milo
• Whether Man

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

 The Doldrums could best symbolize...? 
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• A place where people are industrious and use their time wisely.
• A place where people waste time and fail to improve their lives. 
• A place filled with magic that slowly drains people of all energy. 
• A place sailors get stuck in because winds don’t blow. 

"It's bad enough wasting time without killing it."
Who said this?

• Tock
• Milo
• Humbug
• The Lethargians

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said "No one's allowed to think in the Doldrums."

• The Whether Man
• The Lethargians
• Tock
• Milo

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3