WorksheetsChapter 9 Comprehension The Phantom Tollbooth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Page 101: "A friendly, cool breeze slapped playfully at the car, and the long shadows stretched out lazily from the trees and bushes."
hyperbole
simile
personification
idiom
When Milo first met Alec Bings, he stared straight into his ________.
belly button
neatly polished shoes
his eyes
his hat
From whose point of view is this statement?
"You must be older than you look to be standing on the ground."
Humbug's point of view
Alec's point of view
Narrator's point of view
Milo's point of view
When Milo, Tock, and Humbug meet Alec Bings, what is Alec surprised to learn about Milo?
Milo drives his own car.
Milo starts out on the ground and grows upward.
Milo has a humbug and a dog for companions.
Milo is on a quest.
Juster's wordplay creates humor: "Alec can see through things, his father sees to things, his mother looks after things, his brother sees beyond things, and his sister sees under things"-all are word plays. Why?
Juster uses common expressions using the word "things." (sees through things; sees to things; looks after things, etc)
Juster uses the family's ability to see the "things" Alec can't.
What is Juster's message in Chapter 9?
Different people can have a different perspective on the same thing.
Each family has its own culture.
It's better to look at things from the perspective of a child.
It's okay to grow up differently.
Which line best supports the theme, "Different people or animals can have a different perspective on the same thing."
"It's all in how you look at things."
"We always see things from the same angle."
"Everyone should have his own point of view."
"...I think I'll continue to see things as a child..."
What was Alec's reply to Milo's question, "Does everyone here grow the way you do?"
Now and then someone grows his feet toward the sky, and we encourage it.
Now and then someone grows his feet toward the sky, and we discourage it.
Now and then someone grows his feet to the west, and we encourage it.
Now and then someone grows his feet toward the ground, and we discourage it.
What is the consequence for growing differently in Alec Bings's world?
They often grow ten times the size of everyone else and walk among the stars.
They often grow ten times the size of everyone else and are amazing skippers.
Instead of down, the feet grow to the sky leaving the person unable to get around.
This type of growth is discouraged and the person is banished.
Name the figurative language in this sentence, "What a silly system," sighed the boy.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
idiom
