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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has elapsed when Milo arrives home at the end of the book?
(a) A week.
(b) An hour.
(c) A month.
(d) A day.

2. Who signed the note left for Milo the day after his return?
(a) Rhyme and Reason.
(b) The writing is too blurred to read.
(c) Dr. Dissonance.
(d) King Azaz.

3. What does Alec Bings show people through a special telescope set up for the celebration?
(a) The other side of Mars.
(b) Mars.
(c) The other side of the moon.
(d) The moon.

4. What is the first instrument to play under Milo's direction as leader of the orchestra?
(a) A trombone.
(b) A bass drum.
(c) A clarinet.
(d) A piccolo.

5. What, according to the Soundkeeper, does laughter look like?
(a) Carpets.
(b) Cotton balls.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Sheets of paper.

6. How many faces does the Dodecahedron have?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four.

7. Why do the demons want to destroy Milo, Tock and Humbug as well as all intruders?
(a) They are simply mean.
(b) To protect Ignorance.
(c) To protect their homes.
(d) To protect Rhyme and Reason.

8. Where does the Soundkeeper store the sounds?
(a) In the radio.
(b) In the vault.
(c) In the bedroom.
(d) In a tower.

9. What is it that King Azaz and the Mathemagician tell Milo about his quest after he returns?
(a) That they knew he could do it.
(b) That he hasn't yet completed his quest.
(c) That it was impossible.
(d) That they never doubted him.

10. What kinds of tools are in the Mathemagician's workshop?
(a) Tools for measuring.
(b) Hammers for adding.
(c) Saws for dividing.
(d) Buckets for weighing.

11. What is on the helmet Milo, Tock and Humbug wear into the numbers mine?
(a) A number five.
(b) A candle.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A bird.

12. What does the dirty bird resemble?
(a) A dirty floor mop.
(b) A small cloud of dust.
(c) A dingy cleaning cloth.
(d) A dirty dust rag.

13. What clue does Milo have that the demons are trying to chop down the stairway to the Castle in the Air?
(a) The shaking of the room.
(b) The sound of the chopping and shaking of the room.
(c) The sound of chopping.
(d) The screams of Humbug.

14. What sound does Milo steal in Chapter 12?
(a) The word.
(b) A drumbeat.
(c) A cloud.
(d) The word.

15. What is Milo told he must do to restore sound to the Silent valley?
(a) Fire a cannon.
(b) Yell.
(c) Bring a sound from the Soundkeeper.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Milo, Tock and Humbug on the island as they continue on their way to Digitopolis?

2. What does Dr. Discord say Milo, Tock and Humbug are suffering from?

3. At what time was Milo supposed to wake Chroma the Great?

4. In Chapter 19, why does Humbug say he can't leave with Milo?

5. What shortcut is Milo shown to the land of Infinity?

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