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Phantom Tollbooth Ch.1-15
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1
Who is the author of the book?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Ernest Hemingway
Norton Juster
Roald Dahl
2
What is the specialty of the kingdom in Digitopolis?
Subtraction Stew
Deletion Dinner
Multiplication Pizza
They don't eat in Digitopolis
3
What genre does The Phantom Tollbooth exemplify?
Western
Fantasy novel
Science fiction
Detective novel
4
What sort of music does Chroma's orchestra play?
Bach
They don't play music at all.
Brahms
Mozart
5
What happened when Chroma had the orchestra to stop playing?
All color changed to red.
All color changed to orange.
All color appeared.
All color vanished.
6
How do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get off the island of Conclusions?
By riding on the Waterskis of Wisdom
By walking across the Brainy Bridge
By wading on the Sand Bar of Smarts
By swimming through the Sea of Knowledge
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What is the Dodecahedron?
The gatekeeper
A made up creature
A mathematical figure with 10 sides
A mathematical figure with 12 sides
8
What is unusual about the words that the 5 members of the king's cabinet say?
They are all antonyms.
They are all synonyms.
They are all homonyms.
They are all homophones.
9
How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?
Uses his imagination
Wishes on a falling star
Runs real fast
Tricks the Lethargians
10
Who sent Milo the tollbooth?
Nobody knows
King Azaz
Faintly Macabre
The Mathemagician
11
According to Dr. Dischord, what is the most valuable thing in the world?
Horrible noise
Pleasant noise
Soothing noise
Beautiful noise
12
Why does Alec Bings float?
He got caught on one of the Whether Man's balloons.
He ate too much subtraction stew.
He lives in the Castle in the Air.
He thinks like and has the perspective of a grown-up.
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Why did the city of Reality disappear?
People stopped looking at it.
People stopped listening to it.
People started looking at it.
People never listened to it.
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Where do numbers come from?
They are made in factories
They are dug for in the mines
They are grown in orchards
The Mathemagician creates them
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What did the princesses decide in arbitration?
Numbers are more important than words.
Words are more important than numbers.
Words and numbers are of equal value.
Words and numbers are not of equal value.
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Where does Milo meet Tock?
Dictionopolis
Conclusions
The Doldrums
Expectations
17
How did the travelers get to the island?
By jumping to the conclusion that it couldn't be a nicer day
All of the above
By jumping to the conclusion that they had plenty of time
By jumping to the conclusion that nothing could go wrong
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Who is the first person Milo meets in the Lands Beyond?
The Mathemagician
The Whether Man
King Azaz
The Spelling Bee
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How do you get to the Island of Conclusions?
Driving
Swimming
Not paying attention
Jumping to Conclusions
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Why does the Soundkeeper lock all the sounds up in her vault?
She thinks that sounds should not be shared.
She is greedy.
She hates sounds.
She thinks people don't appreciate them.
21
What did King Azaz give Milo for protection on his journey?
All of the numbers that he knew
Some of the words that he knew
All of the words that he knew
None of the words that he knew
22
What are broken numbers used for?
Fractions
Multiples
Addition
Decimals
23
Why did the Dodecahedron say that it would be hopeless if everyone in Digitopolis had names like John or Robert?
It would be mixed up, and everything in Digitopolis is very precise.
It would be precise, and everything in Digitopolis is mixed up.
None of the above
A lot of people have different names than John or Robert.
24
What does Canby mean when he says that you can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out dry?
If you decide something with having a good reason, then you will stay dry.
If you don't put any effort into something, then you won't learn anything.
If you decide something without having a good reason, you will stay dry.
If you put effort into something, then you won't learn anything.
25
How did Faintly Macabre end up in prison?
She kidnapped Rhyme and Reason.
She made fun of Officer Shrift's weight problem.
She stole from the word market.
She began to horde all of the words in Dictionopolis.
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What is the biggest number the Mathemagician has?
1
4
3
2
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What gift does the Soundkeeper give Milo?
The tune George Washington whistled while crossing the Delaware
The sound of one hand clapping
A parcel of beautiful sounds with lots of laughter mixed in
The sound of silence
28
Who keeps Dynne in the bottle?
The Humbug
Dr. Dischord
Alec Bings
Chroma
29
What is not on the busy schedule of the Lethargarians?
Dawdle and delay
Linger and loiter
Daydreaming
Thinking and laughing
30
What did the Mathemagician consider to be a precious stone?
Stones such as sapphires
Stones such as diamonds
Stones such as rubies
Stones that were numbers
31
How many years is Milo's prison sentence from Officer Shrift?
600
60
6
6,000,000
32
What half-baked idea did Milo wrap up for later?
Everything happens for a reason.
Everything happens for no reason.
Everything happens for the worst.
Everything happens for the best.
33
What did the Soundkeeper mean when she said, "The problem is to use each at the proper time"?
You can improve sound by having only silence.
You can't improve silence by having only sound.
You can't improve sound by having only silence.
You can't have silence or sound.
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Why did King Azaz and the Mathemagician banish Rhyme and Reason?
Because they stole from the numbers mine
Because they said letters and numbers were equally important
Because they were demons in disguise
Because they tried to take over the kingdom
35
What was the most important thing about the telescope that Alec Bing gave to Milo?
You can see things close up.
You can see things far away.
You can see things as they really are.
You can see things as they really aren't.
36
In chapter 1, Milo's mood could best be described as:
curious
bored
confused
sad
37
What do they use broken numbers for in Digitopolis?
Garbage
Their dinner
Recycling
Fractions
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How does Milo get a sound out of the Soundkeeper's fortress?
On the tip of his tongue
In his ear
Under his hat
In his pocket
