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Phantom Tollbooth

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The mysterious gift that Milo receives is a:

a)

Ticking Clock

b)

Tea Pot

c)

Toothbrush

d)

Tollbooth

2.

What are the names of the two lands ruled by King Azaz and the Mathemagician?

a)

Wordworld and Numberland

b)

Letterland and Digitworld

c)

Dictionopolis

and Digitopolis

d)

Dictionary City

and Digit City.

3.

Milo sets out on a journey to find:

a)

Rhyme and Reason

b)

Truth and Honor

c)

Right and Wrong

d)

Sugar and Spice

4.

Who acts as Milo and Tock’s guide on their journey to find the Castle in the Air?

a)

The Spelling Bee

b)

The Humbug

c)

The Mathemagician

d)

King Azaz

5.

What happens when Milo conducts the colorful symphony in Chapter 11?

a)

He turns everything

the wrong color

b)

He speeds up time

c)

He is late in

waking up Chroma

d)

All of the above

6.

When Milo leaves the Soundkeeper’s fortress, he hides a sound in his:

a)

Pocket

b)

Shoe

c)

Mouth

d)

Hand

7.

According to the Dodecahedron, where do numbers come from?

a)

They are made

b)

They fall from the sky

c)

They grow on trees

d)

They are dug up

8.

At the end of the novel, Milo feels:

a)

Angry

b)

Sad

c)

Optimistic

d)

Hopeless

9.

When Milo returns home after his adventure, he is surprised to discover:

a)

That only one hour has passed

b)

That the tollbooth no longer works

c)

That he has missed three weeks of school

d)

That his mother has been very worried

10.

What is the only sense that the Senses Taker cannot take?

a)

Sense of duty

b)

Sense of purpose

c)

Sense of proportion

d)

Sense of humor

11.

In Chapter 13, how do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get back to shore after visiting the Island of Conclusions?

a)

They jump

b)

They run

c)

They swim

d)

They fly

12.

Dr. Dischord is a doctor who specializes in:

a)

Words

b)

Numbers

c)

Noise

d)

Poisons

13.

At the royal banquet in Chapter 7, what do the guests eat?

a)

Ice cream sundaes

b)

Hamburgers

c)

Nothing

d)

Their words

14.

In Chapter 2, Milo enters the Doldrums. In the Doldrums, it is against the law to:

a)

Sleep

b)

Think

c)

Drive

d)

Ask questions

15.

At the start of the movie (before the Tollbooth appears), the closest ADJECTIVE that describes Milo's temperament is...

a)

Satisfied

b)

Suspicious

c)

Bored

d)

Curious

16.

What is Milo's ultimate destination?

a)

The Mountains of Ignorance

b)

Digitopolis

c)

Dictionopolis

d)

The Castle in the Air

17.

Why is the Mathemagician's pencil magical?

a)

It gives him control of his kingdom.

b)

It can be used to solve problems.

c)

He can count with it.

d)

He can make King Azaz disappear.

18.

Why is Milo able to do the 'impossible'?

a)

He knows a lot about math and numbers.

b)

He knows a lot about words and letters.

c)

During his dreams he can go anywhere.

d)

He does not know that the task was impossible.

19.

Definition of Personification

a)

Animal or object that is given human characteristics

b)

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

c)

Perspective from which the story is told

d)

Writing that attempts to show life as it really is.

20.

Definition of Imagery

a)

Comparing two things using like or as

b)

Comparison of two things directly

c)

An exaggeration

d)

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

21.

Definition of Motif

a)

figure of speech

b)

represents more than literal self

c)

recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story

d)

author's message

22.

Definition of Alliteration

a)

word pronounced the same but differs in meaning

b)

Opposite Meaning

c)

play on words

d)

Repetitive sounds at the start of words multiple in a row

23.

Choose the best term to represent the quote "savory steam spiraling slowly to the ceiling"

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

onomatopoeia

24.

Choose the best term to represent the following quote "Easy as falling off a log”

a)

oxymoron

b)

simile

c)

Idiom

d)

satire

25.

Choose the best term to represent the quote "extremely soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop than anything else"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

26.

Choose the best term to represent, "there will be a small additional penalty of six million years"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Pun

c)

Symbolism

d)

Metaphor

27.

Choose the best term to represent, "Symphonies are the large beautiful carpets with all the rhythms…”

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Description

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

28.

Choose the term that best represents, "creak, crash, splat..."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Imagery

d)

Homophones

29.

Who do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug meet at Point of View?

a)

Alec Bings

b)

The Spelling Bee

c)

Rhyme and Reason

d)

The Mathemagician

30.

Who lives in the small house in the forest?

a)

The tallest man

b)

The shortest man

c)

The thinnest man

d)

The fattest man

31.

What slowly happened to Reality?

a)

People paid less attention to it and it began to disappear.

b)

It became shiny.

c)

It grew bigger and bigger.

d)

It became polluted.

32.

What does the Symphony produce?

a)

All the sound in the world

b)

All the color in the world

c)

All the movement in the world

d)

All the voices in the world

33.

What gift did Alec give Milo before he left?

a)

floating dust

b)

a cape

c)

a horn

d)

a telescope

34.

What is Dr. Dischord's speciality?

a)

Being annoying

b)

Noise

c)

Color

d)

Words

35.

Who is Chroma the Great?

a)

The king of words

b)

The magician of numbers

c)

The conductor of colors

d)

The doctor of noises

36.

What was the Sound Keepers's job?

a)

To keep guide Milo to Rhyme and Reason

b)

The rule the land of Reality

c)

The conduct the sunset

d)

To collect and catalogue all sounds.

37.

How did Milo and Tock escape the prison?

a)

they were given a spell by the Which

b)

they were rescued by Rhyme and Reason

c)

they pressed a button and the door opened

d)

Officer Shrift let them go

e)

all of the above

38.

What gift did King Azaz give to Milo for his journey?

a)

a light meal and a square meal

b)

a map

c)

a speech

d)

a box of words

e)

all of the above

39.

Where were people unable to see what was there?

a)

Illusions

b)

Reality

c)

Point of View

d)

Expectations

e)

none of the above

40.

Where does Milo get lost?

a)

The Plattitudes

b)

The Doldrums

c)

Somberland

d)

Blue Bayou

41.

Milo finds a note that says, "For Milo, who has plenty of _________"

a)

Space

b)

Money

c)

Friends

d)

Time

42.

Who thinks letters are most important?

a)

The Mathmagician

b)

King Azaz

c)

Tock

d)

Chroma the Great

43.

What is the Watchdog's main job?

a)

To punish the Lethargians.

b)

To make sure no one wastes time.

c)

To help Milo

d)

To fix clocks

44.

Why did the Which get sent to jail?

a)

She stole words from the market

b)

She only used words that people couldn't understand

c)

She became greedy with words and kept them for herself

d)

She gave the words to another country

45.

Why were Rhyme and Reason banished from the kingdoms?

a)

They agreed that both words and numbers were equally as important

b)

They put Faintly Macabre in jail

c)

They stole words for themselves

d)

They tried to rule the kingdoms

46.
The palace at Dicitionopolis looked like a giant....
a)
letter 
b)
book
c)
crown
d)
pencil
47.

What gift did the Soundkeeper give Milo?

a)

All the sounds that can warm the heart

b)

A dictionary

c)

A record player

d)

The key to the Valley of Sound

48.

Where did Milo, Tock and the Humbug find themselves after leaving the Valley of Sound?

a)

The Island of Decisions

b)

Dictionoplois

c)

The Island of Conclusions

d)

The Island of Choices

49.

What is the main business of Digitopolis?

a)

Solving math problems

b)

Mining for numbers

c)

Growing numbers

d)

Mining for jewels

50.

What is the first place Milo visits?

a)

Doldrum

b)

The Land of Expectations

c)

Dictionopolis

d)

The Market

51.

What does the Mathemagician give Milo before they leave?

a)

A telescope

b)

A magic staff

c)

A box of sounds

d)

A cape

52.

What were the three tasks that the Terrible Trivium asks Milo, Tock, and the Humbug to do?

a)

Move a pile of sand from here to there using only tweezers

b)

Find a needle in a haystack

c)

Empty a well and fill another with only an eye dropper

d)

Dig a hole through a cliff using only a needle

53.

What is the long-nosed, green-eyed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, short-armed, bowlegged, big-footed monster's specialty?

a)

Mixed emotions

b)

Mixed messages

c)

Odd savings

d)

Bad advice

54.

How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?

a)

by crying

b)

by thinking

c)

by singing

d)

by yelling

55.

What do the King's Advisers love?

a)

synonyms

b)

numbers

c)

time

d)

quiet