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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three words does Milo choose to buy in the marketplace?
(a) Quagmire, flabbergast and upholstery.
(b) Quagmire, flabbergast and upon.
(c) Quagmire, flabbergast and utterly.
(d) Quagmire, flabbergast and unbelievable.

2. What does King Azaz say is inside his gift to Milo?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A sword.
(c) All the words he knows.
(d) A box.

3. What is the name of the officer who comes to the scene of the incident in the Word Market?
(a) Officer Humbug.
(b) Officer Smith.
(c) Officer Shrift.
(d) Officer Short.

4. What event is being held the evening that Milo arrives i Dictionopolis, to which Milo is invited?
(a) The Word Banquet.
(b) The Royal Eating Time.
(c) The Royal Banquet.
(d) The Word Market Sale.

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

6. 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.

7. In Chapter 8, where does King Azaz say they've all gone?
(a) To Wisdom.
(b) To the Doldrums.
(c) To the market place.
(d) To dinner.

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

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

10. What is the first half baked idea Milo eats?
(a) The earth is covered with icing.
(b) The sky is blue.
(c) The earth is round.
(d) The earth is flat.

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

12. What is the name of the man who comes to give Milo instructions in Chapter 2?
(a) The What Now Man.
(b) The Whether Man.
(c) Wayland.
(d) The Which Way Man.

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

14. What two words does the marketplace salesman try to sell to Milo?
(a) Happy and buy.
(b) Happy and good.
(c) Good and bye.
(d) Happy and birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the son who settled Digitopolis?

3. Milo is directed to a second door for directions. What is the word that appears above the door?

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

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

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