Chapter 9 Comprehension The Phantom Tollbooth

Page 101: "A friendly, cool breeze slapped playfully at the car, and the long shadows stretched out lazily from the trees and bushes."

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.4

When Milo first met Alec Bings, he stared straight into his ________.

• belly button

• neatly polished shoes

• his eyes

• his hat

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CCSS.RL.5.1

From whose point of view is this statement?

"You must be older than you look to be standing on the ground."

• Humbug's point of view

• Alec's point of view

• Narrator's point of view

• Milo's point of view

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CCSS.RL.5.6

When Milo, Tock, and Humbug meet Alec Bings, what is Alec surprised to learn about Milo?

• Milo drives his own car.

• Milo starts out on the ground and grows upward.

• Milo has a humbug and a dog for companions.

• Milo is on a quest.

Juster's wordplay creates humor: "Alec can see through things, his father sees to things, his mother looks after things, his brother sees beyond things, and his sister sees under things"-all are word plays. Why?

• Juster uses common expressions using the word "things." (sees through things; sees to things; looks after things, etc)

• Juster uses the family's ability to see the "things" Alec can't.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is Juster's message in Chapter 9?

• Different people can have a different perspective on the same thing.

• Each family has its own culture.

• It's better to look at things from the perspective of a child.

• It's okay to grow up differently.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which line best supports the theme, "Different people or animals can have a different perspective on the same thing."

• "It's all in how you look at things."

• "We always see things from the same angle."

• "Everyone should have his own point of view."

• "...I think I'll continue to see things as a child..."

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.6

What was Alec's reply to Milo's question, "Does everyone here grow the way you do?"

• Now and then someone grows his feet toward the sky, and we encourage it.

• Now and then someone grows his feet toward the sky, and we discourage it.

• Now and then someone grows his feet to the west, and we encourage it.

• Now and then someone grows his feet toward the ground, and we discourage it.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the consequence for growing differently in Alec Bings's world?

• They often grow ten times the size of everyone else and walk among the stars.

• They often grow ten times the size of everyone else and are amazing skippers.

• Instead of down, the feet grow to the sky leaving the person unable to get around.

• This type of growth is discouraged and the person is banished.

Name the figurative language in this sentence, "What a silly system," sighed the boy.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4