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Phantom Tollbooth Vocab Chapters 1-5
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loud and attention getting
macabre
promontory
effusive
trivial
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What was the job of the Official Which?
Choosing which numbers to be used
Choosing which number not to be used
Choosing which words not to be used
Choosing which words to be used
3
What were the two laws that Milo broke in the Doldrums?
Thinking and laughing
Driving and talking
Sleeping and snoring
Talking and thinking
4
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning
balderdash
promontory
connotation
famine
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a puzzling situation
disconsolate
laudable
ominous
quagmire
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shamed, disrespected
wistfully
disrepute
dissonance
tumult
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What reason did the Dictionopolis guard give Milo's so he could enter the kingdom gates?
Why not?
How come?
Because I said so
I want to
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evil, wicked
conspicuous
macabre
cacaphonous
dejectedly
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noise
gaunt
tumult
arbitration
doldrums
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silence, calmness
reticence
sonnet
precautionary
luminous
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Who did Milo and Tock find in the dungeon?
Faintly Macabre
The Humbug
The Spelling Bee
The Whether Man
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What is Tock's job?
To make sure that nobody wastes time
To make sure that everyone watches time
To make sure that nobody watches time
To make sure that everyone wastes time
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What is the place where nothing ever happens?
Dictionopolis
Doctoropolis
Drearydums
Doldrums
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senseless talk or writing, nonsense
disconsolate
conspicuous
balderdash
macabre
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What word did the Whether Man repeat five times?
travelers
my
expectations
welcome
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Miserably, sad
animosity
dejectedly
precautionary
tumult
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Why is the return of Rhyme and Reason important to Faintly Macabre?
Because they will keep her in the dungeon
Because they will give her her job back
Because they are the only thing that can help her
Because they are the only thing that can't help her
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What is NOT on the busy schedule of the Lethargarians?
Thinking and laughing
Dawdle and delay
Linger and loiter
Daydreaming
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talk with excessive pride
animosity
wistfully
menaced
boasted
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a group of people traveling together
doldrums
tumult
gallant
caravan
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shortness, in terms of words used
sonnet
famine
brevity
reticence
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warning
arbitration
quagmire
brevity
precautionary
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Why was the Official Which thrown into the dungeon?
Because of using too many words
Because of being miserly with words
Because of being generous with words
Because of using boring words
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surprise someone greatly, astonish
dissonance
promontory
stout
flabbergast
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capable of being heard
laudable
audibly
boasted
connotate
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What is unusual about the words that the five members of the king's cabinet say?
They are all homphones
They are all antonyms
They are all homonyms
They are all synonyms
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thoughtfully
reticence
laudable
wistfully
dissonance
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threaten
arbitration
disdainfully
melancholy
menaced
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peacemaking
conspicuous
conciliatory
stout
brevity
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the feeling of being stuck, unmotivated
gallant
doldrums
famine
dejectedly
