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Phantom Tollbooth Ch.1-15
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1
What happened when Chroma had the orchestra to stop playing?
All color changed to orange.
All color vanished.
All color changed to red.
All color appeared.
2
Why did the city of Reality disappear?
People started looking at it.
People stopped looking at it.
People stopped listening to it.
People never listened to it.
3
How do Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get off the island of Conclusions?
By wading on the Sand Bar of Smarts
By swimming through the Sea of Knowledge
By riding on the Waterskis of Wisdom
By walking across the Brainy Bridge
4
What do they use broken numbers for in Digitopolis?
Their dinner
Recycling
Fractions
Garbage
5
Who is the first person Milo meets in the Lands Beyond?
The Spelling Bee
The Mathemagician
The Whether Man
King Azaz
6
What gift does the Soundkeeper give Milo?
The sound of silence
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
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Why does the Soundkeeper lock all the sounds up in her vault?
She thinks people don't appreciate them.
She thinks that sounds should not be shared.
She hates sounds.
She is greedy.
8
What sort of music does Chroma's orchestra play?
Mozart
Brahms
Bach
They don't play music at all.
9
What is the Dodecahedron?
The gatekeeper
A mathematical figure with 10 sides
A made up creature
A mathematical figure with 12 sides
10
How did Faintly Macabre end up in prison?
She made fun of Officer Shrift's weight problem.
She stole from the word market.
She kidnapped Rhyme and Reason.
She began to horde all of the words in Dictionopolis.
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What did the princesses decide in arbitration?
Words are more important than numbers.
Words and numbers are not of equal value.
Words and numbers are of equal value.
Numbers are more important than words.
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Why did King Azaz and the Mathemagician banish Rhyme and Reason?
Because they were demons in disguise
Because they stole from the numbers mine
Because they tried to take over the kingdom
Because they said letters and numbers were equally important
13
Who keeps Dynne in the bottle?
Chroma
Alec Bings
Dr. Dischord
The Humbug
14
What half-baked idea did Milo wrap up for later?
Everything happens for the worst.
Everything happens for no reason.
Everything happens for the best.
Everything happens for a reason.
15
What genre does The Phantom Tollbooth exemplify?
Fantasy novel
Western
Science fiction
Detective novel
16
What is unusual about the words that the 5 members of the king's cabinet say?
They are all synonyms.
They are all homophones.
They are all homonyms.
They are all antonyms.
17
What is not on the busy schedule of the Lethargarians?
Daydreaming
Thinking and laughing
Dawdle and delay
Linger and loiter
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What are broken numbers used for?
Multiples
Addition
Decimals
Fractions
19
Who sent Milo the tollbooth?
King Azaz
Faintly Macabre
Nobody knows
The Mathemagician
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How does Milo get a sound out of the Soundkeeper's fortress?
Under his hat
In his pocket
In his ear
On the tip of his tongue
21
How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?
Uses his imagination
Runs real fast
Wishes on a falling star
Tricks the Lethargians
22
What did the Mathemagician consider to be a precious stone?
Stones such as diamonds
Stones that were numbers
Stones such as rubies
Stones such as sapphires
23
In chapter 1, Milo's mood could best be described as:
sad
confused
curious
bored
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 without having a good reason, you will stay dry.
If you put effort into something, then you won't learn anything.
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.
25
What did the Soundkeeper mean when she said, "The problem is to use each at the proper time"?
You can't have silence or sound.
You can't improve silence by having only sound.
You can improve sound by having only silence.
You can't improve sound by having only silence.
26
Who is the author of the book?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Roald Dahl
Norton Juster
Ernest Hemingway
27
How did the travelers get to the island?
By jumping to the conclusion that they had plenty of time
By jumping to the conclusion that it couldn't be a nicer day
By jumping to the conclusion that nothing could go wrong
All of the above
28
What is the specialty of the kingdom in Digitopolis?
Multiplication Pizza
Deletion Dinner
Subtraction Stew
They don't eat in Digitopolis
29
According to Dr. Dischord, what is the most valuable thing in the world?
Horrible noise
Beautiful noise
Soothing noise
Pleasant noise
30
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.
None of the above
It would be precise, and everything in Digitopolis is mixed up.
A lot of people have different names than John or Robert.
31
Why does Alec Bings float?
He got caught on one of the Whether Man's balloons.
He lives in the Castle in the Air.
He ate too much subtraction stew.
He thinks like and has the perspective of a grown-up.
32
What was the most important thing about the telescope that Alec Bing gave to Milo?
You can see things far away.
You can see things close up.
You can see things as they really are.
You can see things as they really aren't.
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What is the biggest number the Mathemagician has?
1
3
2
4
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Where do numbers come from?
They are made in factories
The Mathemagician creates them
They are grown in orchards
They are dug for in the mines
35
What did King Azaz give Milo for protection on his journey?
All of the numbers that he knew
None of the words that he knew
All of the words that he knew
Some of the words that he knew
36
How many years is Milo's prison sentence from Officer Shrift?
6
600
60
6,000,000
37
How do you get to the Island of Conclusions?
Not paying attention
Jumping to Conclusions
Swimming
Driving
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Where does Milo meet Tock?
Dictionopolis
The Doldrums
Expectations
Conclusions
