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The Phantom Tollbooth Test 1 Periods 1 and 5 Chapters 1-11

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the main character of the story?

a)

The Whether Man

b)

Milo

c)

The Tollbooth

d)

The Lethargians

2.

In chapter 1, Milo’s mood could best be described as

a)

Bored

b)

Sad

c)

Curious

d)

Confused

3.

What did the main character find unexpectedly in his room in chapter 1?

a)

A Lottery Ticket

b)

A Tollbooth

c)

Drums

d)

Dinner

4.

What does Milo use to travel through the tollbooth?

a)

An automobile

b)

A bus

c)

A plane

d)

A train

5.

What is the first place Milo visits?

a)

Doldrum

b)

The Land of Expectations

c)

Dictionopolis

d)

The Market

6.

Read the sentence from page 9 paragraph 2. "Wherever he was he wished he was somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. Nothing really interested him-least of all 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 curious about life

c)

That Milo is bored with his life

d)

That Milo is not very smart

7.

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 money would be refunded

c)

Your wasted time would be refunded

d)

Your money would not be refunded

8.

Who helped Milo get out of the Doldrums?

a)

The Lethargians

b)

Tock

c)

Whether Man

d)

Humbug

9.

Who said "No one's allowed to think in the Doldrums."

a)

The Whether Man

b)

Tock

c)

The Lethargians

d)

Milo

10.
Which character did Milo and Tock meet in the city of Dictionopolis?
a)
Pete and Repeat
b)
the Spelling Bee
c)
the Sand Man
d)
the Rain Man
11.
The policeman's name is Officer Shorty.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Who did Milo and Tock meet in jail?
a)
the Which
b)
the Witch
c)
the Watch
d)
the Who
13.
The King of Dictionopolis is King Wordsworth.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What are the names of the two princesses?
a)
Beep and Boop
b)
Rhyme and Reason
c)
Right and Left
d)
Wisdom and Knowledge
15.
The princesses have been banished to a cave deep underground.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
How did Milo and Tock get out of jail?
a)
they flew out the window
b)
they ate the letters "G-e-t O-u-t"
c)
they pushed a button on the wall
d)
they spun around three times and clicked their heels together
17.
What did the guests eat at the banquet?
a)
their words
b)
the furniture
c)
numbers
d)
alphabet soup
18.
What is unusual about Alec Bings?
a)
he can be invisible
b)
he is 200 years old
c)
he grows down instead of up
d)
he has no arms
19.
Illusions has a beautiful city, and Reality has nothing but people walking around.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What caused the things in Reality to disappear?
a)
people stopped caring and paying attention
b)
the Which put a spell on it
c)
it fell off the map
d)
the people washed it away
21.
The orchestra played...
a)
beautiful music
b)
no music, but colors
c)
a game
d)
numbers
22.
If a plan has NO "rhyme or reason" to it, what does it mean about that plan?
a)
It has NO order or logic
b)
It has a lot of order or logic
c)
the words in the plan rhyme with each other
d)
there was a reason for writing the plan
23.
What does "Bite off more than you can chew" mean?
a)
talk with your mouth full
b)
take on a task or a job that is too big for you 
c)
eat chewy food
d)
bite a person
24.
What does it mean if two people are arguing and they are "splitting hairs"?
a)
arguing over petty things, or points that are too small (or non-important) to worry about
b)
pulling each other's hair
c)
cutting their hair
d)
they are arguing about hair
25.
What does it mean if someone is looking for an object and they "leave no stone unturned"?
a)
they looked under stones or rocks
b)
they looked everywhere except under stones (rocks)
c)
they looked everywhere possible
d)
they did not look everywhere possible, only some places
26.
If someone tells you that the idea you have for a project is a "half-baked idea", what does that mean?
a)
the idea is not completely thought out very well
b)
the idea is thought out very, very well
c)
they were baking while they were thinking
d)
they did not think about baking very much
27.
If a person is "hanging on by a thread" what does it mean?
a)
it means they are ready to break down or likely to fail at the task they are trying to do
b)
that they like to sew clothes or sew other items
c)
it means that they are just hanging out somewhere
d)
it means that they don't like to sew
28.
What does it mean if someone "makes mountains out of molehills"?
a)
makes a big deal out of something that is not actually a big deal
b)
makes a big deal obvious to everyone so that they know it's really important
c)
has moles on their body
d)
likes mountains
29.
What does it mean to "eat your words"? 
a)
to admit you were wrong about something
b)
say the words of the things that you are hungry for
c)
use words about foods
30.
If you heard something, but it went "in one ear and out the other" it means that....____
a)
you heard it, but you didn't really listen to what it meant
b)
you have a hearing problem with your ears
c)
your ears are messed up
31.
When you "feel down, sad, depressed, lazy" you might say...
a)
You are "in the doldrums."
b)
You "bit off more than you could chew."
c)
You feel "half baked" with your ideas.
d)
You feel you got the "short shrift."
32.
If you "bite someone's head off", what have you done?
a)
Yelled at them in a strong way, probably one that they didn't deserve.
b)
Eaten their hair
c)
You have literally bitten them on the face somewhere.
33.
If you understand or detect the hidden reason or nature behind what someone is doing or saying, ___.
a)
you are "in the doldrums" with them.
b)
you "have both feet on the ground."
c)
you "split hairs" with them.
d)
you "see through" them.
34.

How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?

a)

by crying

b)

by thinking

c)

by singing

d)

by yelling

35.

Why is the return of Rhyme and Reason important to Faintly Macabre?

a)

because they will make everyone friends again

b)

because they will keep her in the dungeon

c)

because they are the only people that cannot help her

d)

because they are the only people that can help her

36.

What does Milo suggest to the King that someone should do to help him get order back in his kingdom?

a)

release Rhyme and Reason

b)

keep Rhyme and Reason banished forever

c)

eat dinner before the banquet next time

d)

bring everyone back into the banquet hall

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