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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 was the final message posted by Faintly Macabre?
(a) Don't Talk.
(b) Silence Is Golden.
(c) Shhhhh.
(d) Quiet Please.

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

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

4. What does Milo come to understand he must do to make his car go faster?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Put gas in the car.
(c) Press the gas pedal.
(d) Think.

5. What is the significance of July 27?
(a) It's Officer Shrift's birthday.
(b) It's Humbug's birthday.
(c) It's the date of the Word Market incident.
(d) It's the middle of summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Faintly Macabre's relationship to the king?

2. What was Faintly Macabre's official title?

3. How often do the creatures of the Doldrums go on holiday?

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

5. What is the name of the place Milo points to with his finger in Chapter 1?

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