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The Phantom Tollbooth

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the title of this story?

a)

The Little Mermaid

b)

The Haunted Castle

c)

The Phantom Tollbooth

d)

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

2.

What is the name of the boy?

a)

John

b)

Milo

c)

Mathis

d)

Andrew

3.

What did Milo think was a waste of time?

(a)  

4.

What is the first thing Milo sees when he looks for the person who had spoken?

a)

His blue pants

b)

His face

c)

No one was there

d)

A pair of brown shoes

5.

How far from the ground were the boy’s feet?

a)

90cm

b)

100cm

c)

25cm

d)

70cm

6.

Why does the writer suggest that ‘standing’ is not the most appropriate word to describe the boy’s position?

a)

The boy was sitting down

b)

The boy was on a tree

c)

The boy was standing on top of a table

d)

The boy was ‘floating’ in mid-air.

7.

According to the boy Milo meets, why might you not think the forest was beautiful?

a)

If you happen to like deserts, you may not think the forest was beautiful.

b)

The boy prefers to go swim on the sea.

c)

The boy doesn’t like the magical forest.

d)

The boy wants to go to school.

8.

At what height is the head of everyone in the boy’s family, even when they are born?

a)

His head is at above the height it’s going to be when he is an adult.

b)

His head is below the height it’s going to be when he is an adult.

c)

His head is at exactly the height it’s going to be when he is an adult.

9.

What does the boy say is a ‘silly system’?

a)

To born in the air.

b)

To grow up instead of grown down.

c)

To grow towards the ground.

d)

To see things from the same angle.

10.

Do you think Milo feels the forest is a waste of time?

4 lines
11.

When Milo asked, ‘Isn’t it beautiful?’ whom did he expect to answer?

4 lines
12.

What did Milo think it was beautiful?

a)

The magical forest of words and numbers.

b)

The desert.

c)

The school.

d)

The path.