WorksheetsThe Phantom Toollbooth (Chapters 1-3)
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
In chapter 1, Milo’s mood could best be described as
a)
Bored
b)
Sad
c)
Curious
d)
Confused
2.
What caused Milo to get stuck in the Doldrums?
a)
He took a wrong turn and got lost.
b)
He started daydreaming and not thinking about where he was going.
c)
He decided to visit on the way to Dictionopolis.
d)
The Lethargians suggested he visit.
3.
What is the best summary for chapter 1?
a)
Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and is excited to go on an adventure.
b)
Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and hopes it’s a fun toy or else he will be bored.
c)
Milo is a bored child who wishes he were somewhere else.
d)
Milo’s parents need to spend more time with him.
4.
Read the sentence from page 9, paragraph 2. “Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.” Based on this sentence, what is one conclusion the reader can make about Milo?
a)
That Milo is not confident
b)
That Milo is bored with his life
c)
That Milo is curious about life
d)
That Milo is not very smart
5.
The Whether Man could best symbolize?
a)
Indecisiveness
b)
Action
c)
Confidence
d)
Goal-Setting
6.
Tock could best represent?
a)
The importance of wasting time
b)
The importance of using one’s time wisely
c)
The fact that there’s plenty of time in life to do good things.
d)
The fact that people should set always be thinking about their goals in life
7.
The Doldrums could best symbolize?
a)
A place where people are industrious and use their time wisely.
b)
A place where people waste time and fail to improve their lives.
c)
A place filled with magic that slowly drains people of all energy.
d)
A place sailors get stuck in because winds don’t blow.
8.
A watch dog with a “watch” in his side is an example of
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Pun
9.
The king’s advisors names all begin with pairs of letters that are the same (i.e. “Duke of Definition). This is an example of....
a)
Alliteration
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
10.
What did the package Milo opened say would happen if someone were not completely satisfied?
a)
Your wasted time would not be refunded
b)
Your wasted time would be refunded
c)
Your money would be refunded
d)
Your money would not be refunded
11.
What is unusual about the words that the 5 members of the king's cabinet say?
a)
The were all antonyms
b)
They were all homonyms
c)
They were all synomyms
d)
They were all homophones
12.
Why was Milo surprised to see the package in his bedroom?
a)
It was his birthday
b)
It was not his birthday
c)
It was Christmas
d)
It was Easter
13.
Who caused confusion in the Word Market?
a)
Spelling Bee and Humbug
b)
Spelling Bee and Milo
c)
Milo and Humbug
d)
Milo and Tock
14.
Why did Officer Shrift arrest Milo and Tock?
a)
Because of illegal barking
b)
Because of legal barking
c)
Because they forgot his birthday
d)
Because they were in the market
15.
What does Milo use to travel through the tollbooth?
a)
A bus
b)
An automobile
c)
A plane
d)
A train
16.
What is the first place Milo visits?
a)
Doldrum
b)
Dictionopolis
c)
The Land of Expectations
d)
The Market
17.
Who said "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time."
a)
Milo
b)
Tock
c)
Humbug
d)
Whether Man
18.
Who said "It's more important to know whether there will be weather that what the weather will be."
a)
Tock
b)
The Lethargians
c)
Milo
d)
Whether Man
19.
Who said "It's bad enough wasting time without killing it."
a)
Tock
b)
Milo
c)
Humbug
d)
The Lethargians
20.
Who said "No one's allowed to think in the Doldrums."
a)
The Whether Man
b)
The Lethargians
c)
Tock
d)
Milo
21.
When Milo isn't paying attention he ends up in...
a)
Dictionopolis
b)
The Land of Expectations
c)
Doldrums
d)
Word Market
22.
Milo and Tock travel to....
a)
Milo's Apartment
b)
The Land of Expectations
c)
Dictionopolis
d)
Doldrums
23.
Milo and Tock go to the __________ in Dictionopolis.
a)
Jail
b)
The School
c)
Word Market
d)
Store
24.
What reason does the Gatekeeper give Milo?
a)
Hows Come?
b)
Why Not?
c)
Who Cares?
d)
When?
25.
What does Milo need in order to enter Dictionopolis?
a)
A Reason
b)
A Want
c)
A Word
d)
A Dictionary
26.
What is the first character Milo meets in Dictionopolis?
a)
Humbug
b)
The Gate Keeper
c)
Tock
d)
The Spelling Bee
27.
Five men who belong int he king's cabinet
a)
The 5 Knights
b)
The 5 Priests
c)
The 5 Ministers
d)
The 5 Gods
28.
The Lazy characters in the Doldrums
a)
Spelling Bees
b)
The Lethargians
c)
Tock
d)
Humbugs
29.
Which of these characters is not in "The Phantom Tollbooth?"
a)
Tick
b)
Tock
c)
The Lethargians
d)
Humbug
30.
Milo first arrives in the Land of Expectations. What could this place represent?
a)
A place where people think about something and then do it.
b)
A place where people get stuck thinking about goals but never actually do something to reach their goals
c)
A place people can go for advice on how to reach their goals.
d)
A place of confusion that prevents people from accomplishing their goals.
31.
Which words from page 11 paragraphs 1-2 tell the reader this story is written in the 3rd person?
a)
He, it
b)
He, me
c)
I'd, his
d)
He, His
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