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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Faintly Macabre's official title?
(a) Official Which.
(b) Faintly Which.
(c) Witch of Honor.
(d) Which Witch.

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

4. Where does Milo find his surprise present?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) In the elevator.
(c) Near the phonograph.
(d) In the hallway.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the half-baked ideas eaten by Milo and the others?
(a) The moon is made of green cheese.
(b) Night air is bad.
(c) Don't run with scissors.
(d) It never rains, it pours.

6. What does Tock say is the most valuable possession?
(a) A clock.
(b) Time.
(c) Learning.
(d) Friendship.

7. What does the floating boy think of Milo's age?
(a) That they must be teh same age.
(b) That he must be older than he looks.
(c) That he must be younger than he looks.
(d) That he must be about twelve.

8. What does Humbug say would be the final step in retrieving Rhyme and Reason?
(a) Fig Newtons and soda for everyone.
(b) Hot chocolate and cookies for everyone.
(c) A trip through lava lands.
(d) Fighting fiends.

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

10. What color is the envelope that comes with the package containing the tollbooth?
(a) Pink.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

11. What pace does Milo set for himself as he walks home from school in Chapter 1?
(a) He walks slowly.
(b) He waits for a ride.
(c) He hurries.
(d) He stops along the way.

12. What does the witch say Milo can call her?
(a) Faintly Macabre.
(b) Aunt Faintly.
(c) Aunt Fanny.
(d) Auntie.

13. Where does Milo sleep that night in Chapter 10, after attending the symphony?
(a) In a chair.
(b) On the grass.
(c) On the pages of tomorrow's music.
(d) In a tree.

14. What act does Faintly Macabre say will have to happen in order that she be set free?
(a) Milo must find the answer to a riddle.
(b) Rhyme and Reason must be set free.
(c) Azaz the Unabridged and Mathemagician must be reunited.
(d) Rhyme and Reason must be imprisoned.

15. Who are the creatures Milo discovers when he arrives at the Doldrums?
(a) The Little People.
(b) The Lethargians.
(c) The Doldrumites.
(d) The Whether People.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creature arrives while Milo is talking to the Lethargians?

2. What is Milo supposed to do in order to get information at the small house he finds in Chapter 2?

3. What does the floating boy say happens to a person who grows with their feet in the air?

4. What is the old lady doing in the prison cell?

5. What gift does King Azaz give Milo to help him on his journey?

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