Phantom Tollbooth

Question 1

What did Milo think was the greatest waste of time before his adventure?

Accepted Answer

Seeking knowledge

Question 2

Where did Milo go after Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

Digitopolis

Question 3

What did Milo realize about his friends on the other side of the Phantom Tollbooth?

Accepted Answer

He would always remember them

Question 4

What sentence did Short Shrift give Milo?

Accepted Answer

"I am"

Question 5

Who inhabited the Mountains of Ignorance?

Accepted Answer

Terrible demons

Question 6

What did the stairway to the Castle in the Air lack?

Accepted Answer

Warmth

Question 7

Who assisted Dr. Dischord by collecting unpleasant noises?

Accepted Answer

The DYNNE

Question 8

What did the note in the bright blue envelope say about the Phantom Tollbooth?

Accepted Answer

taken away because there were many boys and girls waiting to use it

Question 9

What were Milo, Tock, and the Humbug forced to do before their final climb to the Castle in the Air?

Accepted Answer

Answer questions and fill out forms

Question 10

What did the perfectly ordinary-sized man claim to be?

Accepted Answer

All of the following except a ghost and an illusion

Question 11

Which was not one of the gifts Milo carried into the Mountains of Ignorance?

Accepted Answer

A small bottle of sparkling water from the Sea of Knowledge

Question 12

What did Milo learn about mistakes?

Accepted Answer

They are important

Question 13

Who collected all the freed sounds and brought them back to the Soundkeeper?

Accepted Answer

The DYNNE

Question 14

Why was the Humbug sent on the journey to the Castle in the Air?

Accepted Answer

He led King Azaz to believe he had special knowledge of the obstacles

Question 15

What did Rhyme advise Milo about learning?

Accepted Answer

learn what to do with knowledge and understand why you learn things

Question 16

What did Milo, Tock, and the Humbug find easy to do?

Accepted Answer

Jumping to the Island of Conclusions

Question 17

How long did the musicians play when Milo led Chroma's orchestra without permission?

Accepted Answer

One week

Question 18

Why did Milo leave Wisdom alone?

Accepted Answer

The Humbug had a busy lecture tour and Tock was needed as a watchdog

Question 19

What did Milo do with the word he held on the tip of his tongue?

Accepted Answer

It was shot from a cannon to free all the sounds stored in the fortress

Question 20

Why were Rhyme and Reason banished to the Castle in the Air?

Accepted Answer

They decided that words and numbers were of equal value

Question 21

Where did Milo choose to go on the map?

Accepted Answer

Dictionopolis

Question 22

What was the Dodecahedron?

Accepted Answer

A mathematical shape with twelve faces

Question 23

Why did Alec Bings' point of view never change?

Accepted Answer

He floated three feet in the air and grew toward the ground

Question 24

What did the DYNNE assist with?

Accepted Answer

Collecting sounds

Question 25

Who was arrested in Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

Milo

Question 26

What was the very serious problem about Milo's quest?

Accepted Answer

It could be revealed only upon his return

Question 27

What did Chroma's huge orchestra play?

Accepted Answer

All the colors of the world

Question 28

Who welcomed Milo to Expectations?

Accepted Answer

The Whether Man

Question 29

What was illegal for Milo to do in the Doldrums?

Accepted Answer

Think

Question 30

What did Milo do with the word he held?

Accepted Answer

Shot from a cannon

Question 31

Who built the cities of Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

The two sons of the King of Wisdom

Question 32

Why did Milo, Tock, and the Humbug leave Dictionopolis for Digitopolis?

Accepted Answer

To get the Mathemagician's permission to bring Rhyme and Reason back

Question 33

What was illegal in the Doldrums?

Accepted Answer

Thinking

Question 34

What did Tock resemble?

Accepted Answer

A ticking clock

Question 35

What did Milo find unassembled in a box in his room?

Accepted Answer

A tollbooth

Question 36

How did Milo trick the Mathemagician into agreeing to release Rhyme and Reason?

Accepted Answer

By pointing out that he and King Azaz agreed to disagree

Question 37

What did Tock look like?

Accepted Answer

A large ticking clock

Question 38

Who rescued Rhyme and Reason, Milo, Tock, and the Humbug from the demons of Ignorance?

Accepted Answer

The armies of Wisdom led by King Azaz and the Mathemagician

Question 39

How did Milo, Tock, and the Humbug make their way through the Mountains of Ignorance?

Accepted Answer

One step at a time

Question 40

How did Tock help the princesses and his companions escape the Castle in the Air?

Accepted Answer

By flying them to the ground

Question 41

What transportation did Milo use to travel through the tollbooth?

Accepted Answer

A small electric car

Question 42

Where were all the words in the world grown in Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

In orchards

Question 43

Who welcomed Milo to Expectations?

Accepted Answer

The Whether Man

Question 44

What had the people in the city of Reality stopped doing?

Accepted Answer

Seeing all the wonderful things around them

Question 45

What did Reason tell Milo about making mistakes?

Accepted Answer

never feel bad about making mistakes as long as you learn from them

Question 46

Why did the Soundkeeper remove all the sound from the Valley of Sound?

Accepted Answer

The people had stopped listening to and appreciating sound

Question 47

Why was Faintly McCabre in the Dictionopolis dungeon?

Accepted Answer

She grew miserly and kept words for herself

Question 48

What was Dr. Dischord's job?

Accepted Answer

To fill orders for unpleasant noises

Question 49

Which was not true of the stairway leading to the Castle in the Air?

Accepted Answer

It was cold, icy, and slippery

Question 50

What did King Azaz and the Mathemagician argue over?

Accepted Answer

Whether words or numbers were more important

Question 51

What did Milo find in Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

A word market

Question 52

What happened when Milo, Tock, and the Humbug ate in Digitopolis?

Accepted Answer

They were hungry

Question 53

What could Alec Bings see?

Accepted Answer

Everything except what was right in front of his nose

Question 54

What did Milo realize at the end?

Accepted Answer

He had too much to do

Question 55

What did Milo find in a box?

Accepted Answer

A tollbooth

Question 56

What did King Azaz and the Mathemagician agree to do once a year?

Accepted Answer

Lead their armies to Ignorance until not one demon was left

Question 57

What caused confusion in Dictionopolis?

Accepted Answer

An argument between the Spelling Bee and the Humbug

Question 58

What did the Soundkeeper remove?

Accepted Answer

All the sound

Question 59

What was Tock's job as a watchdog?

Accepted Answer

To see that no one wasted time

Question 60

What did Milo trick the Mathemagician into?

Accepted Answer

Releasing Rhyme and Reason

Question 61

What did Rhyme advise Milo to do?

Accepted Answer

Learn and understand

Question 62

What important thing did Milo not know about his mission?

Accepted Answer

It was impossible

Question 63

What did the Mathemagician's staff have on one end?

Accepted Answer

A pencil point

Question 64

True or false: Rhyme and Reason were banished together.

Accepted Answer

False

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