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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, A Very Dirty Bird.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Humbug say is wrong with him after dinner?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Indigestion.
(d) Gout.

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

3. Where does Milo learn that words come from?
(a) They are manufactured in Dictionopolis.
(b) They grow on trees in the Doldrums.
(c) They grow on trees in Dictionopolis.
(d) They are manufactured in the Doldrums.

4. What is written on the first sign Milo encounters?
(a) Welcome to Expectations.
(b) Welcome to Dictionopolis.
(c) Do Not Enter.
(d) Welcome to El Paso.

5. What gift does the floating boy present to Milo as he prepares to leave the forest?
(a) A telescope.
(b) Glasses.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A piccolo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the witch say Milo can call her?

2. What is written on the sign of the wagon that is different from the typical Word Market stalls?

3. What does the floating boy say a fish's point of view of a bucket of water would be?

4. What is Milo looking at when he meets the floating boy?

5. What do Milo, Tock and Humbug discover in Chapter 13 they will have to do to return to their journey?

(see the answer key)

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