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Phantom Tollbooth Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

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.

Which best describes the genre of this book?

a)

Poetry

b)

Fantasy

c)

Adventure

d)

Non-fiction

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Ice cream sundaes

b)

Hamburgers

c)

Nothing

d)

Their words

11.

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

12.
What does Milo need in order to enter Dictionopolis?
a)
A Reason
b)
A Want
c)
A Word
d)
A Dictionary
13.
Milo first arrives in the Land of Expectations. What could this place represent?
a)
A place where people think about something and then do it.
b)
A place where people get stuck thinking about goals but never actually do something to reach their goals
c)
A place people can go for advice on how to reach their goals.
d)
A place of confusion that prevents people from accomplishing their goals. 
14.
What did King Azaz give Milo for protection on his journey?
a)
All the numbers that he knew.
b)
Some of the numbers that he knew.
c)
All of the words that he knew.
d)
Some of the words that he knew.
15.
Why did the city of Reality disappear?
a)
People stopped looking at it.
b)
People started looking at it.
c)
People started listening to it.
d)
People stopped listening to it.
16.
What is so special about the Mathemagician’s “magic staff?” 
a)
It’s magic and has the power to solve difficult math problems.
b)
The staff itself isn’t magic, it’s what the staff symbolizes that’s important.
c)
There is no magic within the staff, the magic is metaphorical and comes from a person who     knows how to use the pencil.
d)
The staff/pencil has the power to make things disappear.
17.

Which statement best summarizes the ending of the story:

a)

Milo rescues Rhyme and Reason and lives happily ever after.

b)

Milo rescues Rhyme and Reason adn becomes king of all Knowledge.

c)

Milo returns home after rescuing the princesses. His family has moved on since he has been go for so long.

d)

Milo rescues the princesses. When Milo returns home, finds a note on the tollbooth and realizes he no longer needs the tollbooth to have great adventures.

18.

How could you best summarize the argument between Azaz and the Mathemagician?

a)

Rhyme and Reason say both kingdoms are equally good and the Kings get angry.

b)

The audience votes after the Princesses count the sands and name the stars.

c)

Dictionopolis and Digitopolis are now at war with each other.

d)

The argument happens long before Milo arrives in Dictionopolis.

19.

What can the reader infer about Milo's journey after the situation with the noise at the end of Act 1?

a)

Humbug is going to be very helpful to Milo

b)

Milo will fail to accomplish his goal

c)

The journey will have difficulties

d)

The box of letters will somehow come in handy.

20.

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.

21.

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

22.

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

23.

What gift did Alec give Milo before he left?

a)

floating dust

b)

a cape

c)

a horn

d)

a telescope

24.

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

25.

What did people bring to the princesses, Rhyme and Reason?

a)

gifts

b)

problems

c)

princes

d)

advice

e)

all of the above

26.

Where are Rhyme and Reason at this point in the story?

a)

the Castle in the Air

b)

the Doldrums

c)

the Kingdom of Wisdom

d)

prison

e)

none of the above

27.

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

28.

Who is accompanying Milo and Tock on the journey to rescue Rhyme and Reason?

a)

the Humbug

b)

King Azaz the Unabridged

c)

the Which

d)

no one

e)

non of the above

29.

What destination is Milo trying to reach first in order to rescue Rhyme and Reason?

a)

the Castle in the Air

b)

Digitopolis

c)

Point of View

d)

Reality

e)

none of the above

30.

Which of the following best describes Milo's problem at the beginning of the story?

a)

He doesn't want to go to school but is forced to do so.

b)

He had so much time and couldn't find anything meaningful to do.

c)

He did not have enough toys to play with.

d)

He had no idea how to celebrate his birthday.

31.

What was the first place Milo visited when he entered the Kingdom of Wisdom? It is described as a place one must always go to before you get to where you're going.

a)

Land of Decisions

b)

Land of Silence

c)

Land of Expectations

d)

Land of Plans

32.

Where does one end up if he does not think or pay attention?

a)

Doldrums where nothing ever happens

b)

Expectations where nothing is real

c)

Dictionopolis where words are sold

d)

Kingdom of Wisdom where people earn wisdom

33.

How did Milo escape the Doldrums?

a)

He started thinking.

b)

He started moving.

c)

He started keeping his promises.

d)

He started reflecting on his actions.

34.

What is Tock the watchdog's job?

a)

He makes sure that people follow schedule.

b)

He makes sure that people do not do two things at a time.

c)

He makes sure that people are never late.

d)

He makes sure that people do not waste time.

35.

Why were the two kings of the kingdom fighting?

a)

They want to be declared more powerful than the other.

b)

They want to be declared more important than the other.

c)

They want to be declared wealthier than the other.

d)

They want to be declared older than the other.

36.

Which of the following best describes the wisdom Alec shares with Milo?

a)

Silence is golden and so people speak less the more they grow old.

b)

The way you understand things depend greatly on where you look at them from.

c)

Rhyme and reason are equally important.

d)

It is wiser to grow up than grow down.

37.

What sound did Milo steal from the Soundkeeper to help save the Valley of Silence?

a)

for

b)

and

c)

nor

d)

but

38.

Milo realizes people waste too much time by not thinking of a good reason before making their minds up about something. How did Milo and company end up if Conclusions?

a)

They jumped.

b)

They drove.

c)

They walked.

d)

They swam.

39.

Who reigns in Digitopolis?

a)

King Azaz

b)

Mathemagician

c)

Terrible Trivium

d)

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40.

How do the travelers escape the Castle in the air and the demons?

a)

They use the wand the Mathemagician gave them.

b)

They used the magic of Rhyme and Reason.

c)

They held on to Tock who discovered that time flies.

d)

They used the box of sounds from the Soundkeeper.

41.

Milo doesn't see the point of

a)

family

b)

school

c)

God

d)

friends

42.

What do the King's advisers love?

a)

synonyms

b)

time

c)

numbers

d)

quiet

43.
The Humbug is a giant....
a)
Mouse
b)
Butterfly
c)
Beetle
d)
Dog
44.
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
45.
The policeman's name is Officer Shorty.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
Who did Milo and Tock meet in jail?
a)
the Which
b)
the Witch
c)
the Watch
d)
the Who
47.

What is the Watchdog's name?

a)

Tick

b)

Tock

c)

Tack

d)

Milo

48.

The Which's name is _____________

a)

Rhyme

b)

Faintly Macabre

c)

The Undersecretary of Understanding

d)

Reason

49.

What happened when Milo let his word go into the cannon?

a)

bubbles came out of his mouth

b)

confetti bursted everywhere

c)

the entire sky flashed with color and the sun set and rose 9 times over again

d)

the cannon blew the fortress apart and all the sounds came out of the vaults

50.

How many faces does the Dodecahedron have?

a)

11

b)

10

c)

3

d)

12