Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary Quiz #2-Shoemaker

1. The preschool children ran around the playground yelling and screaming as the rain started to fall from the sky. The teacher announced, "Stop making such a __________ and line up quickly to go inside!" What word best completes the sentence?

• illusion
• din
• quest
• chroma

2. The Tiger football team marched onto the field ready to meet their rivals, the Broncos. The teams had met many times and the games often ended in hostility. The new coach for the Broncos hoped that the two teams might one day overcome the _________. What word best completes the sentence?

• plot
• discord
• cacophony
• reality

3. Flying in a helicopter gave the man a different _____________________ so he could see all of the city below. What word best completes this sentence?

• discord
• quest
• reality
• point-of-view

4. The young knight was on a _______________ to save the princess who had been kidnapped by an angry troll. What word best completes the sentence?

• dissonance
• illusion
• quest
• point-of-view

5. This is the word we use to describe the events that make up a story. The five parts are the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.

• point-of-view
• quest
• plot
• reality

6. None of this was happening in ________, but Milo was okay with pretending all of the events weren't just a dream.

• reality
• point-of-view
• chroma
• illusion

7. It all felt like a big ___________. I never expected elephants to really be able to fly in the air.

• discord
• illusion
• reality
• quest

8. The dark blue chroma of the painting was intense. What is a synonym for the word "chroma" as it is used in the sentence above.

• color
• ocean
• sound
• picture

9. Outside everyone was screaming and carrying on during the fireworks show in celebration of the Guardian's winning the World Series. The ________ of sound was giving me a headache!

• cacophony
• illusion
• chroma
• dissonance

10. There is a great deal of _______ between what a liar says and does.

• dissonance
• plot
• quest
• cacophony