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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does King Azaz say should serve as Milo's guide for the journey?
(a) Humbug.
(b) King Azaz.
(c) Rhyme and Reason.
(d) Tock.

2. What does Milo suggest to the king Azaz that he can do?
(a) Count to a thousand.
(b) Sing.
(c) Tell stories.
(d) Juggle.

3. What is the name of the city Milo sees that Alec Bings tells him really isn't there?
(a) Illusions.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Reality.

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

5. What is on King Azaz's robe?
(a) Roses.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) Flags.
(d) Peanut Butter.

6. What kinds of words are sold in gift boxes?
(a) Ordinary ones.
(b) Marvelously fancy ones.
(c) Ifs, ands, and buts.
(d) Juicy, temping ones.

7. What does the floating boy say wouldn't exist unless the symphony played?
(a) Music.
(b) Shapes.
(c) Color.
(d) Sound.

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

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

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

11. When Milo says he can't sing, tell songs, juggle or tumble, what does the King say?
(a) That he has to leave.
(b) That he is an ordinary little boy.
(c) That he has to wash dishes.
(d) That he has to learn to sing.

12. What was the land called when demons controlled everything and there was nothing but waste and rocks?
(a) Void.
(b) Null.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Nowhere.

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

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

15. What does the floating boy say happens to a person who grows with their feet in the air?
(a) He grows to ten times the size of a normal parson and walks among the stars.
(b) He grows to ten times the size of a normal person and lives in the treetops.
(c) He never learns to walk but gets very fat.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Milo find himself after he spends some time daydreaming in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the boy Milo finds floating in the air?

5. What does Milo discover everyone talks about when King Azaz calls for speeches?

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