Vocabulary Act I tollbooth

The definition of surmise is:

• lack of knowledge or information

• suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability

• a mistaken belief about something

To presume is:

• lack of knowledge or information

• suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

Select all the synonyms of speculate:

• Theorize

• Wonder

• Think

• unsuspecting

To take careful thought over a period of time is to:

• presume

• consider

• speculate

Spelling Bee: "perhaps you are under the misapprehension that I am dangerous." What does the Spelling Bee mean by this statement?

• The Spelling Bee is trying to tell Milo and Tock that he is peaceful and not to be alarmed.

• The Spelling Bee is trying to tell Milo and Tock to think really hard about the words he is spelling.

• The Spelling Bee is trying to tell Milo and Tock to be afraid because he is dangerous.

"It shall be unlawful, illegal, and unethical, to think, to think of thinking, surmise, presume, reason, meditate, or speculate while in the Doldrums." We can assume all of the underlined words have something to do with what?

• Sleeping

• Being illegal

• Thinking

One of the settings in The Phantom Tollbooth is The Land of Ignorance. It is described how?

• A forest in which the Whether man and the Lethargians emerge.

• A marketplace full of open air stalls.

• A gray, gloomy place full of cliffs and caves.

A drama is:

• A play for theater which is acted out

• A fictional narrative

• An adventure

Imagination synonyms: (Check off all that apply)

• Creativeness

• Inventiveness

• Ignorance,

A tollbooth is:

• A figment of the imagination

• An enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic