Phantom Tollbooth/Book Test
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Comprehension Questions
1. What does Milo consider to be “the greatest waste of time of all”?
a. waiting in line b. playing games c. Commuting to school d. Learning
2.What does Milo find in his bedroom one day?
a. A puppy b. A strange package c. A second bedd. A small child
3. How does Milo begin to feel right before he arrives in the Doldrums?
a. Anxious b. Excited c. Drowsy d. Hungry
4. What do the Lethargians tell Milo is outlawed in the Doldrums?
a. Thinking b. Laughing c. Sleeping d. Answers A and B
5. Who finds Milo in the Doldrums and leaves with him?
a. The Dodecahedron b. King Azaz c. The Mathemagician d. Tock
6. What do the merchants at the word market in Dictionopolis sell?
a. Words and letters b. Dictionaries c. Novels d. Word puzzles
7. Who or what does Milo hear buzzing in the word market?
a. The Spelling Bee b. Some “Z’s” c. The Humbug d. The Soundkeeper
8. Who knocks one stall into another, causing the whole word market to collapse like dominoes?
a. The Spelling Bee b. Milo c. The Humbug
9. What does Officer Shrift warn Milo about before dumping him in the dungeon?
a. The “witch” b. The “weather man” c. The “Soundkeeper” d. The jail warden
10. What does Faintly Macabre, the which, tell Milo will free her?
a. A crystal amulet c. Rhyme and Reason’s return
b. The right password d. Her “sentence” ending
11. To whom did the king of the Lands Beyond give responsibility for caring over Rhyme and Reason?
a. His sons b. His subjects c. His sisters d. The Dodecahedron
12. How did Rhyme and Reason respond to the question of whether words or numbers are more
important?
a. “Neither is important” c. “Words are more important”
b. “Numbers are more important” d. “They are equally important”
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13. What do the waiters at the Royal Banquet serve for dessert after the “light meal” and “square
meal”?
a. A just dessert b. Iscream c. Key lime pie d. Half-baked ideas
14. What is contained in the box that Azaz gives Milo as a gift?
a. Assorted letters b. Passwords c. The words Azaz knows d. The words Milo knows
15. Who does Azaz order to accompany Milo on his mission to retrieve Rhyme and Reason?
a. Tock b. The Humbug c. The Mathemagician d. The Which
16. From Milo’s perspective, what is unusual about Alec Bings?
a. He grows downward c. He speaks backward
b. He has three eyes d. All of the above
17. What does Alec Bings’s power to see through things prevent him from seeing?
a. Things behind other things c. Things before him
b. Things behind him d. Things above him
18. What event does Chroma ask Milo to wake him in time for?
a. The sunrise b. The sunset c. The meteor shower d. The finale
19. What does Dischord’s sign proclaim him to be a doctor of?
a. Medicine b. Assonance c. Consonance d. Dissonance
20. Where do Dischord and Dynne advise Milo to be careful?
a. The Mountains of Ignorance c. The Silent Hills
b. The Valley of Death d. The Valley of Sound
21. What kinds of sound fill the Valley of Sound?
a. Loud, squeaky sounds c. Orchestral sounds
b. Whispers d. No sounds at all
22. How does Milo acquire a sound from the Soundkeeper?
a. Begs for it b. Buys it c. Borrows it d. Steals it
23. What does Milo destroy with the sound he stole from the Soundkeeper?
a. Dischord’s wagon c. His own car
b. The Soundkeeper’s fort d. King Azaz’s palace
24. How do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get to the island of Conclusions?
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a. They walk b. They swim c. They sail d. They jump
25. In what state does the Humbug emerge from the waters of the Sea of Knowledge?
a. Soaking wet b. Bone dry c. Coughing and sputtering d. A and C
26. How many faces does the Dodecahedron have?
a. 12 b. 7 c. 2 d. 1
27. How does the Mathemagician use the giant pencil he carries around?
a. As a writing tool b. As a sword c. As a wand d. As a cane
28. What number does the Mathemagician show when Milo asks to see his “biggest” number?
a. Infinity b. 25,000 c. 99 d. 3
29. What does the Mathemagician say he will consent to, if Milo can prove that he and Aziz have ever
agreed?
a. A trip to Dictionopolis c. Rhyme and Reason’s release
b. A war against sound d. The annexation of Logic
30. What kind of tasks does the man without facial features politely ask for help with?
a. Simple tasks b. Absurdly difficult tasks
c. Moderately tricky tasks d. Tasks that require features
31. What monster tricks the travelers into running into a giant pit?
a. The Terrible Trivium c. The Demon of Insincerity
b. The Senses Taker d. The Gelatinous Giant
32. What gift does Milo use to figure out that the Demon of Insincerity is in fact small and pathetic-
looking?
a. The telescope c. The magic pencil
B. The box of words d. The bag of sounds
33. What is the one sense that the Senses Taker cannot seize?
a. Smell b. Humor c. Irony d. Self-worth
34. According to the princesses Rhyme and Reason, what is just as important as learning lessons?
a. Having fun b. Forgetting them
c. Learning to use them d. Going on adventures
35. How does Tock safely transport everyone from the castle to the ground?
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a. With a pulley system c. With a catapult
b. He flies them d. He drops them
36. What stops the demons in their tracks as they chase the group down the Mountains of Ignorance?
a. The armies of Wisdom c. Milo’s sack of riddles
b. A fallen bridge d. Boredom
37. What secret does King Azaz share with Milo about his mission?
a. It was impossible c. It was pointless
b. It was imaginary d. The princesses are evil
38. How much time does has passed since Milo left home?
a. A few seconds c. A few hours
b. Several weeks d. Several months
39. What thought distracts Milo at school on the day after his adventure?
a. Making his next trip c. Destroying the tollbooth
b. Using his new wisdom d. Saving Tock
40. With the tollbooth now missing from his room, where does Milo say that he will find lots to do?
a. “At school” b. “Right here” c. “Traveling abroad” d. “At the park”
41. Who is the first person Milo meets in the Lands Beyond?
a. The Spelling Bee b. King Azaz c. The Whether Man d. The Mathemagician
42. How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?
a. Uses his imagination c. Tricks the Lethargians
b. Wishes on a falling star d. Runs real fast
43. Who sent Milo the tollbooth?
a. King Azaz b. The Mathemagican c. Faintly Macabre d. Nobody knows
44. Why did Azaz and the Mathemagician banish Rhyme and Reason?
a. Because they tried to take over the kingdom
b. Because they stole from the numbers mine
c. Because they said letters and numbers were equally important
d. Because they were demons in disguise
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45. Who keeps Dynne in a bottle?
a. Chroma b. Dr. Dischord c. Alec Bings d. The Humbug
46. What sort of music does Chroma's orchestra play?
a. Mozart b. Brahms c. Bach d. They don't play music at all.
47. Why does the Soundkeeper lock all the sounds up in her vault?
a. She thinks people don't appreciate them.
b. She is greedy.
c. She hates sounds.
d. She thinks that sounds should not be shared.
48. What does the Mathemagician give Milo as a gift?
a. The longest number there is
b. A small version of his own magic staff
c. The Dodecahedron
d. A math headache
49. Why does Milo mistake the Gelatinous Giant for a mountain?
a. Because he's made of stone
b. Because he has snow on his head
c. Because the giant tries to blend in with his surroundings
d. Because his middle name is "Everest"
50. How many years is Milo's prison sentence from Officer Shrift?
a. six b. sixty c. 600 d. 6,000,000
51. How do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get off the island of Conclusions?
a. By swimming through the Sea of Knowledge
b. By walking across the Brainy Bridge
c. By wading on the Sand Bar of Smarts
d. By riding on the Waterskis of Wisdom
52. Why does the Humbug accompany Milo and Tock on their quest to save Rhyme and Reason?
a. He tries to take credit for the idea.
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b. He shamelessly sucks up to King Azaz.
c. He takes both sides in the argument about whether it could be done.
d. All of the above
53. How did Faintly Macabre end up in prison?
a. She made fun of Officer Shrift's weight problem.
b. She stole from the word market.
c. She began to horde all of the words in Dictionopolis.
d. She kidnapped Rhyme and Reason.
54. Why does Alec Bings float?
a. He ate too much subtraction stew.
b. He thinks like and has the perspective of a grown-up.
c. He got caught on one of the Whether Man's balloons.
d. He lives in the Castle in the Air.
55. Where does Milo meet Tock?
a. Expectations b. Dictionopolis c. The Doldrums d. Conclusions
56. How does Milo get a sound out of the Soundkeeper's fortress?
a. In his pocket b. On the tip of his tongue c. In his ear d. Under his hat
57. How do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug escape the Terrible Trivium?
a. Milo figures out how long the tasks will take.
b. Tock sticks him with his eyedropper.
c. The Humbug bores him to sleep with talk of history.
d. Officer Shrift drops from the sky and crushes him.
58. What is the one thing the Senses Taker can't get from Milo?
a. Sense of direction b. Sense of smell c. Nonsense d. Sense of humor
59. How is it that Tock can fly?
a. He has wings. c. Time flies.
b. He's related to Alec Bings. d. Everyone can fly in the Lands Beyond.
60. How much times passes in the real world while Milo is off in the Lands Beyond?
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a. A day b. A year c. A lifetime d. A few of hours
61. Why didn't Azaz tell Milo his mission was impossible?
a. For a chuckle
b. Because Azaz is in the CIA
c. Because Milo only could have accomplished it if he didn't know it was impossible
d. Because Azaz enjoys watching little boys fail miserably in life
62. When does Milo plan to make his second trip to the Lands Beyond?
a. The very next day c. The very next week
b. The very next month d. When he's done appreciating the things in the real world
63. What is the biggest number the Mathemagician has?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
64. How does Milo overcome his fear of the Demon of Insincerity?
a. He uses his telescope to see the Demon for what he really is.
b. He gets a pep-talk from the Humbug.
c. He thinks of how important his mission is.
d. He goes into therapy.
65. What gift does the Soundkeeper give Milo?
a. The tune George Washington whistled while crossing the Delaware
b. The sound of one hand clapping
c. The sound of silence
d. A parcel of beautiful sounds with lots of laughter mixed in
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