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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What special gift does the floating boy have besides walking above the ground?
(a) He can see through things.
(b) He can see a person's thoughts.
(c) He can read minds.
(d) He can see only things below him.

3. What does Milo discover everyone talks about when King Azaz calls for speeches?
(a) Words.
(b) Number.
(c) Juggling.
(d) Food.

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

5. Why does the floating boy say it makes sense to grow down rather than up?
(a) You never have to look up to a grown up.
(b) You always get noticed.
(c) Your ears never have to grow.
(d) Your point of view never changes.

6. What day is it in Dictionopolis in Chapter 3?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Market day.
(c) School day.
(d) Resting day.

7. What is the first thing the people of the Doldrums do when they wake in the morning?
(a) Run errands.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Daydream.

8. What do the guests do when King Azaz says, "Attention?"
(a) They leave.
(b) They pledge the flag.
(c) They ask for water.
(d) They stand.

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

10. 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 person and lives in the treetops.
(b) He never learns to walk but gets very fat.
(c) He grows to ten times the size of a normal parson and walks among the stars.
(d) Nothing.

11. Who does the Officer at the Word Market say Milo can talk to while in prison?
(a) The judge.
(b) The witch.
(c) The watch.
(d) The jailer.

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

13. What is Milo supposed to do in order to get information at the small house he finds in Chapter 2?
(a) Yell for help.
(b) Read the map.
(c) Sit quietly.
(d) Blow his horn.

14. What does Milo use to wrap up a half baked idea for later?
(a) His sock.
(b) His handkerchief.
(c) His napkin.
(d) His necktie.

15. What has to take place before the wagon belonging to the King's cabinet members will move?
(a) Everyone has to pour gas into the tank.
(b) Everyone has to talk.
(c) Everyone has to be silent.
(d) Everyone has to think.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Humbug NOT suggest as a way to make the guests remain after the banquet?

2. What question does Humbug ask when they stop for a rest?

3. Who does Milo encounter upon his entrance into Dictionopolis?

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

5. What is the first thing Milo sees that indicates he's nearing Dictionopolis?

(see the answer keys)

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