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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the creatures Milo discovers when he arrives at the Doldrums?
(a) The Whether People.
(b) The Doldrumites.
(c) The Little People.
(d) The Lethargians.

2. What is the significance of July 27?
(a) It's Humbug's birthday.
(b) It's Officer Shrift's birthday.
(c) It's the date of the Word Market incident.
(d) It's the middle of summer.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the half-baked ideas eaten by Milo and the others?
(a) Night air is bad.
(b) Don't run with scissors.
(c) It never rains, it pours.
(d) The moon is made of green cheese.

4. What is the name given to the watchdog's brother?
(a) Tock Tick.
(b) Tick.
(c) Tick Tock.
(d) Tock.

5. 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 unbelievable.
(d) Quagmire, flabbergast and utterly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milo suggest to the king Azaz that he can do?

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

3. What is on each side of the Dictionopolis coat of arms?

4. What kinds of words are sold in gift boxes?

5. What do the guests do when King Azaz says, "Attention?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What rules are on the three signs included with Milo's surprise present?

2. When Milo and King Azaz are talking, Humbug constantly adds his own comments. Who does the Humbug agree with?

3. What is Milo's response when he's told that words grow in the orchards of Dictionopolis?

4. Why does Milo decide to buy some words in the Word Market?

5. What are King Azaz and the Mathemagician saying as Milo leaves in Chapter 19?

6. How does Humbug describe the Mountains of Ignorance?

7. What tasks and tools are given to Tock, Milo and Humbug by the faceless man?

8. How does Milo select his first destination?

9. What does Alec Bings say caused the city of Reality to disappear?

10. What does Milo think when he realizes that he has a surprise present?

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