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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Dodecahedron take Milo, Tock and Humbug first?
(a) To the numbers mine.
(b) To Conclusion Island.
(c) To the ocean.
(d) To the minefield.

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

3. What does the Mathemagician say the broken numbers are used for?
(a) Dust.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Small problems.
(d) Fractions.

4. What does Milo use to see how the insecurity demon really appears?
(a) A telescope.
(b) Glasses.
(c) A bubble.
(d) A sword.

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

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

7. What is the shape of the Mathemagician's workshop room?
(a) Circular.
(b) Square.
(c) The shape continually changes.
(d) Triangular.

8. What is the shape of the cloud outside Milo's window the afternoon the tollbooth disappears?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) A tree.
(c) A sailing ship.
(d) A demon.

9. What happens to the Castle in the Air after the stairway is destroyed?
(a) It begins to fall toward the earth.
(b) It begins to float away.
(c) It begins to glide toward the earth.
(d) Nothing.

10. What demon gives Milo, Tock and Humbug the advice that they should run?
(a) The demon of secrecy.
(b) The demon of security.
(c) The demon of improbability.
(d) The demon of insecurity.

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

12. What does the Mathemagician provide for Milo, Tock, Humbug and the others to eat?
(a) Division stew.
(b) Addition stew.
(c) Multiplication stew.
(d) Subtraction stew.

13. What is the response of the Everpresent Wordsnatcher when Milo yells, "Wait"?
(a) Why?.
(b) Thirty-four pounds.
(c) Wait for what?.
(d) I can't wait.

14. How do Rhyme and Reason suggest they get out of the Castle in the Air?
(a) That they should all jump.
(b) That Milo should fly them out.
(c) That Humbug should fly them out.
(d) That Tock should fly them out.

15. At what time was Milo supposed to wake Chroma the Great?
(a) 5:23 a.m.
(b) 5:01 a.m.
(c) 9:12 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mathemagician show Milo when he asks to see the biggest number there is?

2. What is the one thing the Mathemagician says is easy, though hardly worthwhile?

3. Which of Milo's group doesn't get wet as they return to their car from the island?

4. Who brings back a sackful of the sounds that Milo releases?

5. What does the Mathemagician say is done with the jewels found in the mine?

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