The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I: Red Flag Words

Fill in the blank: Ignorance is the state of lacking ______, learning, or information.

• knowledge

• wisdom

• experience

• insight

Fill in the blank: To surmise means to guess, using only ______ or imagination.

• intuition

• evidence

• facts

• logic

Fill in the blank: To presume is to take for granted; assume something to be the ______.

• case

• truth

• fact

• reality

Fill in the blank: To speculate means to guess, using information that is ______ or incomplete.

• uncertain

• certain

• complete

• verified

Fill in the blank: Consideration involves careful ______.

• thought

• planning

• guesswork

• neglect

Fill in the blank: Misapprehension is an incorrect understanding; a wrong ______.

• idea

• concept

• perception

• notion

Fill in the blank: A pennant is a tapering flag on a ship, especially one flown at the ______ of a vessel in commission.

• masthead

• stern

• bow

• deck

Fill in the blank: To emerge means to move out of or away from something and come into ______.

• view

• sight

• darkness

• obscurity

Fill in the blank: 'ears perked' means ________.

• ears perked

• ears drooped

• ears flattened

• ears wiggled

Fill in the blank: 'turnpike tollbooth' is defined as ________.

• A booth where tolls are collected on a turnpike

• A type of highway

• A scenic route

• A rest area