WorksheetsPhantom Tollbooth
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 34mins
The mysterious gift that Milo receives is a:
Ticking Clock
Tea Pot
Toothbrush
Tollbooth
What are the names of the two lands ruled by King Azaz and the Mathemagician?
Wordworld and Numberland
Letterland and Digitworld
Dictionopolis
and Digitopolis
Dictionary City
and Digit City.
Milo sets out on a journey to find:
Rhyme and Reason
Truth and Honor
Right and Wrong
Sugar and Spice
Who acts as Milo and Tock’s guide on their journey to find the Castle in the Air?
The Spelling Bee
The Humbug
The Mathemagician
King Azaz
What happens when Milo conducts the colorful symphony in Chapter 11?
He turns everything
the wrong color
He speeds up time
He is late in
waking up Chroma
All of the above
When Milo leaves the Soundkeeper’s fortress, he hides a sound in his:
Shoe
Mouth
Hand
According to the Dodecahedron, where do numbers come from?
They are made
They fall from the sky
They grow on trees
They are dug up
At the end of the novel, Milo feels:
Angry
Sad
Optimistic
Hopeless
When Milo returns home after his adventure, he is surprised to discover:
That only one hour has passed
That the tollbooth no longer works
That he has missed three weeks of school
That his mother has been very worried
What is the only sense that the Senses Taker cannot take?
Sense of duty
Sense of purpose
Sense of proportion
Sense of humor
In Chapter 13, how do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get back to shore after visiting the Island of Conclusions?
They jump
They run
They swim
They fly
Dr. Dischord is a doctor who specializes in:
Words
Numbers
Noise
Poisons
At the royal banquet in Chapter 7, what do the guests eat?
Ice cream sundaes
Hamburgers
Nothing
Their words
In Chapter 2, Milo enters the Doldrums. In the Doldrums, it is against the law to:
Sleep
Think
Drive
Ask questions
At the start of the movie (before the Tollbooth appears), the closest ADJECTIVE that describes Milo's temperament is...
Satisfied
Suspicious
Bored
Curious
What is Milo's ultimate destination?
The Mountains of Ignorance
Digitopolis
Dictionopolis
The Castle in the Air
Why is the Mathemagician's pencil magical?
It gives him control of his kingdom.
It can be used to solve problems.
He can count with it.
He can make King Azaz disappear.
Why is Milo able to do the 'impossible'?
He knows a lot about math and numbers.
He knows a lot about words and letters.
During his dreams he can go anywhere.
He does not know that the task was impossible.
Definition of Personification
Animal or object that is given human characteristics
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
Perspective from which the story is told
Writing that attempts to show life as it really is.
Definition of Imagery
Comparing two things using like or as
Comparison of two things directly
An exaggeration
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.
Definition of Motif
figure of speech
represents more than literal self
recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story
author's message
Definition of Alliteration
word pronounced the same but differs in meaning
Opposite Meaning
play on words
Repetitive sounds at the start of words multiple in a row
Choose the best term to represent the quote "savory steam spiraling slowly to the ceiling"
alliteration
hyperbole
idiom
onomatopoeia
Choose the best term to represent the following quote "Easy as falling off a log”
oxymoron
simile
Idiom
satire
Choose the best term to represent the quote "extremely soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop than anything else"
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Choose the best term to represent, "there will be a small additional penalty of six million years"
Hyperbole
Pun
Symbolism
Metaphor
Choose the best term to represent, "Symphonies are the large beautiful carpets with all the rhythms…”
Hyperbole
Description
Metaphor
Simile
Choose the term that best represents, "creak, crash, splat..."
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Imagery
Homophones
Who do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug meet at Point of View?
Alec Bings
The Spelling Bee
Rhyme and Reason
The Mathemagician
Who lives in the small house in the forest?
The tallest man
The shortest man
The thinnest man
The fattest man
What slowly happened to Reality?
People paid less attention to it and it began to disappear.
It became shiny.
It grew bigger and bigger.
It became polluted.
What does the Symphony produce?
All the sound in the world
All the color in the world
All the movement in the world
All the voices in the world
What gift did Alec give Milo before he left?
floating dust
a cape
a horn
a telescope
What is Dr. Dischord's speciality?
Being annoying
Noise
Color
Words
Who is Chroma the Great?
The king of words
The magician of numbers
The conductor of colors
The doctor of noises
What was the Sound Keepers's job?
To keep guide Milo to Rhyme and Reason
The rule the land of Reality
The conduct the sunset
To collect and catalogue all sounds.
How did Milo and Tock escape the prison?
they were given a spell by the Which
they were rescued by Rhyme and Reason
they pressed a button and the door opened
Officer Shrift let them go
all of the above
What gift did King Azaz give to Milo for his journey?
a light meal and a square meal
a map
a speech
a box of words
all of the above
Where were people unable to see what was there?
Illusions
Reality
Point of View
Expectations
none of the above
Where does Milo get lost?
The Plattitudes
The Doldrums
Somberland
Blue Bayou
Milo finds a note that says, "For Milo, who has plenty of _________"
Space
Money
Friends
Time
Who thinks letters are most important?
The Mathmagician
King Azaz
Tock
Chroma the Great
What is the Watchdog's main job?
To punish the Lethargians.
To make sure no one wastes time.
To help Milo
To fix clocks
Why did the Which get sent to jail?
She stole words from the market
She only used words that people couldn't understand
She became greedy with words and kept them for herself
She gave the words to another country
Why were Rhyme and Reason banished from the kingdoms?
They agreed that both words and numbers were equally as important
They put Faintly Macabre in jail
They stole words for themselves
They tried to rule the kingdoms
What gift did the Soundkeeper give Milo?
All the sounds that can warm the heart
A dictionary
A record player
The key to the Valley of Sound
Where did Milo, Tock and the Humbug find themselves after leaving the Valley of Sound?
The Island of Decisions
Dictionoplois
The Island of Conclusions
The Island of Choices
What is the main business of Digitopolis?
Solving math problems
Mining for numbers
Growing numbers
Mining for jewels
What is the first place Milo visits?
Doldrum
The Land of Expectations
Dictionopolis
The Market
What does the Mathemagician give Milo before they leave?
A telescope
A magic staff
A box of sounds
A cape
What were the three tasks that the Terrible Trivium asks Milo, Tock, and the Humbug to do?
Move a pile of sand from here to there using only tweezers
Find a needle in a haystack
Empty a well and fill another with only an eye dropper
Dig a hole through a cliff using only a needle
What is the long-nosed, green-eyed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, short-armed, bowlegged, big-footed monster's specialty?
Mixed emotions
Mixed messages
Odd savings
Bad advice
How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?
by crying
by thinking
by singing
by yelling
What do the King's Advisers love?
synonyms
numbers
time
quiet
