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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Faintly Macabre's Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the humming sound Milo hears at the marketplace?
(a) The Spelling Bee.
(b) Tock.
(c) The Humbug.
(d) The letter.

2. How does the watchdog wind himself?
(a) He doesn't wind himself.
(b) With his front leg.
(c) With his hind leg.
(d) He asks Milo for help.

3. Who does Milo encounter upon his entrance into Dictionopolis?
(a) The king's cabinet members.
(b) King Azaz the Unabridged.
(c) Tock's brother.
(d) Rhyme and Reason.

4. What is the sentence the Officer who comes to the Word Market passes on Milo?
(a) I am.
(b) Don't shout.
(c) I am not.
(d) Twenty years.

5. What is the watchdog's name?
(a) Tick.
(b) Tock.
(c) Tock Tick.
(d) Tick Tock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does Milo give the Spelling Bee to spell the word he has posed to it in Chapter 4?

2. What is the significance of July 27?

3. What was Faintly Macabre's official title?

4. What does Tock say is the most valuable possession?

5. What does Milo come to understand he must do to make his car go faster?

(see the answer key)

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