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Phantom Tollbooth

Total questions: 109

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

Words can be confusing when you use a lot to say a little. Where did Milo learn this lesson?

a)

Doldrums

b)

Dictionopolis

c)

Digitopolis

d)

Confusions

7.

Why did Milo end up in prison in Dictionopolis?

a)

He messed up the words while he was visiting Dictionopolis.

b)

The humbug and the spelling bee caused a confusion in the market.

c)

Milo wasted his words and ran out of things to say.

d)

The humbug stole words and Milo was blamed.

8.

While it is wrong to use too few words, it is often far worse to use too many. Who taught Milo this?

a)

Tock the Watchdog

b)

The Humbug

c)

The Spelling Bee

d)

The Official Which

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Space

b)

Money

c)

Friends

d)

Time

11.

What type of dog is Tock?

a)

A Watchdog

b)

A Chihuahua

c)

A Golden Retriever

d)

A Clock Hound

12.

Who is the author of The Phantom Tollbooth?

a)

Heather Stroud

b)

Norton Juster

c)

Jules Feiffer

d)

Drew Garland

13.

Who is the illustrator of The Phantom Tollbooth?

a)

Amanda Smith

b)

Ashley Brooks

c)

Norton Juster

d)

Jules Feiffer

14.

What is the name of the boy who is introduced in chapter 1?

a)

Milo

b)

Tock

c)

Tick

d)

The Whether Man

15.

What did Milo regard as the greatest waste of all time?

a)

Family

b)

Money

c)

Happiness

d)

Knowledge

16.

How many precautionary signs were included in the package with the tollbooth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

Milo complained that what item(s) was/were not included with the tollbooth?

a)

Coins to pay fares

b)

Map to know were he is going

c)

Book of rules and regulations

d)

A highway to drive on

18.

How did Milo travel to The Lands Beyond?

a)

Electric Car

b)

Horse

c)

Train

d)

Submarine

19.

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

20.

Dictionopolis grows ___________ in their orchards

a)

Money

b)

Rhyme and Reason

c)

Apples

d)

Words

21.

What do the Humbug and Spelling Bee disagree about?

a)

The importance of spelling

b)

The price of words at the word market

c)

The jail sentence Milo receives

22.

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

23.

The Which's name is _____________

a)

Rhyme

b)

Faintly Macabre

c)

The Undersecretary of Understanding

d)

Reason

24.
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
25.
The policeman's name is Officer Shorty.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Which was NOT a sentence given to Milo and Tock?
a)
I am.
b)
6 million years
c)
community service
27.
Who did Milo and Tock meet in jail?
a)
the Which
b)
the Witch
c)
the Watch
d)
the Who
28.

What do the King's advisers love?

a)

synonyms

b)

time

c)

numbers

d)

quiet

29.

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

a)

The Whether Man

b)

Tock

c)

The Lethargians

d)

Milo

30.

Who helped Milo get out of the Doldrums?

a)

The Lethargians

b)

Tock

c)

Whether Man

d)

Humbug

31.

Once in The Lands Beyond, where did Milo travel first?

a)

Mountains of Ignorance

b)

Foothills of Confusion

c)

Old City of Wisdom

d)

Expectations

32.

Who is the first character that Milo encounters while at Expectations?

a)

Tick

b)

The Whether Man

c)

Tock

d)

Lethargarians

33.

Once parked, what is Milo to do in order to get The Whether Man's attention?

a)

Blow the Horn

b)

Ring a Bell

c)

Scream "Hello!"

d)

Do "The Renegade"

34.
If someone gives you "short shrift", it means that...
a)
They treated you like a short person.
b)
They were quick to sentence you for a crime OR only briefly paid attention to you.
c)
They treated you like a tall person.
d)
They are a short person and they acted shriftly to you.
35.

What does Milo use to travel through the tollbooth?

a)

An automobile

b)

A bus

c)

A plane

d)

A train

36.

How many cops made up the police force of Dictionopolis?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

10

d)

20

37.

At the beginning of chapter 5, why were people mixing up their words?

a)

The words were in piles on the ground.

b)

The people were scared and anxious.

c)

The people weren't paying attention.

d)

They weren't smart enough to talk correctly.

38.

what is the name of the police officer working the case?

a)

Officer Justice

b)

Officer Cupp

c)

Officer Shrift

d)

Officer Short

39.

Who does the officer say looks suspicious?

a)

Spelling Bee

b)

Milo

c)

Tock

d)

Humbug

40.

What is the short sentence the judge gives to Milo?

a)

I am.

b)

10-15 years.

c)

He is

d)

20-25 years

41.

What is the small penalty that the judge adds to Milo's and Tock's sentence?

a)

One Million Years

b)

Three Million Years

c)

Six Million Years

d)

Nine Million Years

42.

Who is The Which as related to the King?

a)

King's great-aunt

b)

King's aunt

c)

King's niece

d)

King's mother

43.

What does The Which tell Milo and Tock that they can call her?

a)

Aunt Faintly

b)

Faintly Macabre

c)

Faintly Aunt

d)

Macabre Faintly

44.

What did the Which say is the only thing that can save her from the dungeon?

a)

The return of Officer Shrift

b)

The return of Tick and Tock

c)

The return of Spelling Bee and Humbug

d)

The return of Rhyme and Reason

45.

Monotonous

a)

doing the same thing over and over

b)

fun

c)

exciting

d)

equal

46.

Disdain

a)

bored

b)

Happy, energetic

c)

Interested

d)

Despise, hate

47.

Fraud

a)

To trick someone

b)

honesty

c)

Sincere

d)

A strong belief

48.

Adept

a)

Famous

b)

Unskilled

c)

scary

d)

Skilled

49.

Tumult

a)

Celebration

b)

Noisy commotion or chaos

c)

Silly

d)

Depressed

50.

Lethargic

a)

Fast

b)

Lazy, tired

c)

Hurt

d)

Loudly

51.

Strenuous means

a)

the state of being sane

b)

illegal

c)

taking great effort

d)

to tremble

52.

What word means to spend time in a lazy manner?

a)

loaf

b)

loiter

c)

sanity

d)

effusive

53.

Why didn't Milo buy any words at the Word Market?

a)

He didn't know what they meant.

b)

He only had enough to pay tollbooth fare.

c)

They didn't taste good.

d)

Tock didn't like them.

54.

Which letter tasted dry and sawdusty?

a)

P

b)

Z

c)

X

d)

Y

55.

Which letter tasted like a trunkful of stale air?

a)

Q

b)

Z

c)

X

d)

Y

56.

What is the name of the bee that Milo meets?

a)

Beautiful Bee

b)

Spelling Bee

c)

Fighting Bee

d)

Humbug Bee

57.

Which character yelled "BALDERDASH!"

a)

Tock

b)

Humbug

c)

Spelling Bee

d)

Milo

58.

What does Spelling Bee call Humbug?

a)

Fake

b)

Liar

c)

Swept

d)

Impostor

59.

Which characters get in a fight?

a)

Spelling Bee and Humbug

b)

Milo and Humbug

c)

Tock and Spelling Bee

d)

Tock and Humbug

60.

What is the name of Tock's brother?

a)

Ding

b)

Dong

c)

Tick

d)

Tuck

61.

Who met Tock and Milo at the city's gate

a)

Gateman

b)

King's Advisors

c)

Humbug

d)

Spelling Bee

62.

After leaving the Doldrums, where did Milo at Tock go?

a)

Foothills of Confusion

b)

Dictionopolis

c)

Digitopolis

d)

Old CIty of WIsdom

63.

What reason was Milo given to visit Dictionopolis?

a)

What for?

b)

Why not?

c)

IDK

d)

Who cares?

64.

How many men make up the King's Advisors?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

65.

Why did the King's Advisors end their conversation with Milo?

a)

Prepare for the Royal Banquet

b)

Prepare for the Word Market

c)

Go to the Orchard

d)

Go shopping in the Word Market

66.

What did Milo think was the wisest words that Tock said?

a)

Only when you use a lot to say a little.

b)

You're killing me, Smalls!

c)

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

d)

Don't stick your fingers in a sno-cone machine.

67.

Choose all the things that were in Milo's package.

a)

an envelope

b)

book of traffic regulations

c)

book of rules

d)

coins

68.

What does Milo NOT find in his package?

a)

map

b)

tollbooth

c)

car

d)

signs

69.

Which homophone pair describes the lady's job?

a)

No or Know

b)

Weather or Whether

c)

Read or Reed

d)

Witch or Which

70.

Which word means "a difficult situation?"

a)

lavish

b)

menacing

c)

commendable

d)

quagmire

71.

Which word means "shocked or astonished?"

a)

brevity

b)

adept

c)

flabbergasted

d)

commendable

72.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word "adept?"

a)

clumsy

b)

expert

c)

unskilled

d)

amateur

73.

What is an ellipsis?

a)

*

b)

...

c)

?

d)

"

74.

What is a pun?

a)

a mean joke about someone's mama

b)

a sad story about losing someone you love

c)

a joke playing with double meaning of a word

d)

a joke that shows how funny words are

75.
Which word means "overwhelmed with shock or surprise"?
a)
Lethargic
b)
Quagmired
c)
Upholstered 
d)
Flabbergasted
76.
Adjective: Disturbing, terrifying; often having to do with death
a)
lethargic
b)
unabridged
c)
macabre
d)
chroma
77.
What is upholstery?
a)
cloth or leather covering on furniture
b)
logic, order, and reason (not the lack of it)
c)
overwhelmed with shock or surprise
d)
a difficult situation to get out of
78.
Noun:  Someone who is dishonest and lies; a fraud or a fake
a)
macabre
b)
humbug
c)
balderdash
d)
watchdog
79.
Noun:  Nonsense; ridiculous
a)
humbug
b)
balderdash
c)
faintly
d)
chroma
80.

Who said this, "I can spell anything—a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. Try me, try me!"

a)

The Salesman

b)

Milo

c)

Humbug

d)

Spelling Bee

81.

Who said, "Who's responsible for all this? Speak up or I'll arrest the lot of you."

a)

The King of Dictionopolis

b)

Officer Shrift

c)

The Gateman

d)

Humbug

82.
What is an unabridged book (like an unabridged dictionary)?  
a)
one that had bridges in it
b)
one that does not have bridges in it
c)
one that tells the full amount, or full information without being shortened
d)
one that tells a shortened version of the information or story
83.

The Which's name is _____________

a)

Rhyme

b)

Faintly Macabre

c)

The Undersecretary of Understanding

d)

Reason

84.

a person who makes maps

a)

balderdash

b)

misapprehension

c)

minstrels

d)

cartographer

85.

damage to one's reputation; disgrace

a)

disrepute

b)

infuriate

c)

disdain

d)

loiter

86.

to linger aimlessly

a)

loiter

b)

precaution

c)

indignantly

d)

infuriate

87.
 The Doldrums could best symbolize...? 
Remember that symbolize usually means what it represents/its deeper meaning, not its literal, exact meaning.
a)
A place where people are industrious and use their time wisely.
b)
A place where people waste time and fail to improve their lives. 
c)
A place filled with magic that slowly drains people of all energy. 
d)
A place sailors get stuck in because winds don’t blow. 
88.
"It's bad enough wasting time without killing it."
Who said this?
a)
Tock
b)
Milo
c)
Humbug
d)
The Lethargians
89.

Who are The Lethargarians afraid of?

a)

Milo

b)

The Humbug

c)

The Spelling Bee

d)

Tock, the Watchdog

90.

The King's Advisors.....

a)

Use very few words

b)

Use words incorrectly

c)

Spell words incorrectly

d)

Use too many words

91.

Who caused the problem in the Word Market?

a)

Milo and Tock

b)

Milo and The Spelling Bee

c)

The Spelling Bee and The Humbug

d)

Tock and The Humbug

92.

What is a "Short Shrift"?

a)

a short person who gives directions

b)

harsh punishment without consideration

c)

an unfair police officer

d)

a short person who enforces the law

93.

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.

94.

Milo sets out on a journey to find:

a)

Rhyme and Reason

b)

Truth and Honor

c)

Right and Wrong

d)

Sugar and Spice

95.

Ignorance

a)

Not paying attention

b)

Capable of learning

c)

Lack of knowledge

d)

Believable

96.

The King of the Kingdom of Wisdom had two sons who

a)

built Dictionopolis and Digitopolis

b)

were suspicious and jealous of each other

c)

argued about the importance of words and numbers

d)

became Azaz the Unabridged and the Mathemagician

e)

all the above

97.

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

a)

gifts

b)

problems

c)

princes

d)

advice

e)

all of the above

98.

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

99.

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

100.

At the banquet, everyone had to

a)

sing a song for the King Azaz the Unabridged

b)

eat their own words

c)

spell a word correctly before eating

d)

count to 100

e)

all of the above

101.

What did the palace look like?

a)

Zoo

b)

Enormous Book

c)

Swamp

d)

Maze

102.

Since Milo was the guest of honor, what did he have to choose?

a)

The color of the napkins

b)

The type of soup as an appetizer

c)

The menu

d)

The clothing the guests would wear

103.

What did King Azaz ask Milo to do?

a)

To cook the food

b)

To entertain them

c)

To go back to jail

d)

To decorate the palace

104.
What are the names of the two princesses?
a)
Beep and Boop
b)
Rhyme and Reason
c)
Right and Left
d)
Wisdom and Knowledge
105.
The King of Dictionopolis is King Wordsworth.
a)
True
b)
False
106.
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
107.
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
108.

According to Faintly Macabre, what was the last thing King Azaz and the Mathemagician ever agreed on?

a)

Having the three princesses decide all problems

b)

Having the two princesses decide all problems

c)

Adopting the 2 princesses

d)

Banishing the two princesses

109.

What did the princesses decide in arbitration?

a)

Words are more important than numbers.

b)

Numbers are more important than words.

c)

Words and numbers are of equal value.

d)

Words and numbers are not important.

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