The Phantom Tollbooth Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Norton Juster
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Phantom Tollbooth Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Norton Juster
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the kingdom built by the young prince who settled in the land controlled by demons and had nothing by waste and rocks?
(a) Digitopolis.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Dictionopolis.
(d) Wisconsin.

2. What gift does King Azaz give Milo to help him on his journey?
(a) A box.
(b) A book.
(c) A sword.
(d) A pencil.

3. What does the floating boy say he thinks of the bucket of water?
(a) That it's a place to get a drink.
(b) That it's home.
(c) That it's just a bucket of water.
(d) That it's an ocean.

4. What is the old lady doing in the prison cell?
(a) Rocking and talking.
(b) Rocking and sewing.
(c) Rocking and reading.
(d) Rocking and knitting.

5. What two things does Milo quickly discover are illegal in the Doldrums?
(a) Thinking and cursing.
(b) Running and laughing.
(c) Thinking and laughing.
(d) Smiling and running.

6. What is the name of the son who settled Digitopolis?
(a) Milo.
(b) Mathemagician.
(c) Faintly Macabre.
(d) Azaz the Unabridged.

7. In Faintly Macabre's story, what question was posed to the princesses by their brothers?
(a) Which is better, Dictionopolis or Digitopolis?
(b) Which is better, numbers or words?
(c) Which is better, nouns or verbs?
(d) Which is better, darkness or light.?

8. What else, aside from the gift he gives Milo, does King Azaz say Milo needs for the journey?
(a) A book.
(b) A sword.
(c) A box.
(d) A guide.

9. What is the first letter Milo eats?
(a) X.
(b) Z.
(c) A.
(d) M.

10. Who is the conductor of the orchestra?
(a) Christmas time.
(b) Christopher the Great.
(c) Chroma the Great.
(d) Choreographer.

11. What is the purpose of the coins included in the surprise package?
(a) There are no coins.
(b) To pay tolls.
(c) To pay fines.
(d) To buy souvenirs.

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

13. What threat does King Azaz issue to stop his cabinet members from fighting?
(a) That they'll be banished.
(b) That they'll be beheaded.
(c) That they'll have to juggle.
(d) That they'll have to wash dishes.

14. Why doesn't Milo read books when he's bored?
(a) They're too long.
(b) They have no pictures.
(c) He doesn't know how to read.
(d) They're too much trouble to read.

15. What does Milo take with him as he approaches the tollbooth for the first time?
(a) The map and sunshades.
(b) The coin box and purple paint.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The map and rule book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milo suggest as a way for King Azaz to address the problem of guests rushing out after the banquet?

2. What is the shape of the palace in Dictionopolis?

3. Where does Milo learn that words come from?

4. What is the next creature Milo meets, after the Spelling Bee?

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

(see the answer keys)

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