The Phantom Tollbooth Play

What was Milo’s mysterious package?

• Tock, the dog

• money

• a phantom tollbooth

• a dictionary & math book

Milo drove through a TOLLBOOTH on the way to his fantastic journey. A TOLLBOOTH is a place where ____.

• tires are changed

• people pay fees to use the road

• gasoline is sold

• cars are bought and sold

The main thing Milo, Tock, and Humbug want to do is ____.

• visit Dischord and Dynne

• rescue Rhyme and Reason

• visit the number mine

• meet Dodecahedron

Who are they trying to rescue?

• Tock and Dodecahedron

• Man and Bird

• Princess Rhyme and Reason

• King Azaz and the Mathemagician

Sound effects are noises that are not made by the characters themselves.  Which excerpt contains a stage direction that gives information about a sound effect?

• Senses Taker...Now, if you'll just tell me:  [handing them a form to fill.  Speaking slowly and deliberately}...

• Senses Taker...A circus of your very own. [CIRCUS MUSIC is heard.  Milo seems to go into a trance]...

• Milo, Tock and Humbug...The Castle -in-th-Air! [They throw down their papers and run past him up the first few stairs.]

• [After a moment, Milo, Tock and Humbug join in laughing and the spells are broken].  Milo...There was no circus. 

Where is Milo headed at the end of scene 1?

• Digitopolis

• His Bedroom

• Dictionopolis

• The Castle

In paragraph 9 of scene 2, what kind of joke does the Whether Man tell? He says, "Of course, some people never go beyond Expectation."

• knock knock

• pun

• bad joke

• stand up comedy

Why does the playwright include the clock's monologue at the beginning of the play? What information might this monologue give the audience?

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What does the audience learn in the first scene of "The Phantom Tollbooth," Act I?

• Milo does not like school.

• Milo watches too much television.

• Milo's family spends little time with him.

• Milo is about to begin an adventure.

Which adjective best describes Milo at the beginning of "The Phantom Tollbooth," Act I?

• tired

• bored

• angry

• sad