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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Short Shrift.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Tock's reaction at the end of the fight between the Spelling Bee and the Humbug?
(a) He hides.
(b) He bites them both.
(c) He runs away.
(d) His alarm rings.

3. What does the creature that Milo meets after the Spelling Bee use to try to hit the Spelling Bee?
(a) His fist.
(b) His hat.
(c) The letter.
(d) His cane.

4. What reason is Milo given to enter the city in Chapter 3?
(a) Which way?
(b) Whether or not?
(c) Why not?
(d) Don't care?

5. What is the name of the man who comes to give Milo instructions in Chapter 2?
(a) Wayland.
(b) The What Now Man.
(c) The Which Way Man.
(d) The Whether Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years in prison is Milo sentenced to?

2. Why doesn't Milo read books when he's bored?

3. What does Milo believe to be missing from the gift?

4. What does Tock want to do while Milo is looking at words in the marketplace?

5. Where does Milo find himself immediately after passing through the tollbooth?

(see the answer key)

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