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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Milo find himself immediately after passing through the tollbooth?

2. What is the sentence the Officer who comes to the Word Market passes on Milo?

3. What does Tock want to do while Milo is looking at words in the marketplace?

4. What is it that the floating boy cannot see?

5. Who is the conductor of the orchestra?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the .58 boy's example related to money that he says explains why averages are so wonderful.

2. What does Officer Shrift say to those attending the banquet? What does he say to Milo?

3. What, according to the people of the Valley of Sound, happens to sounds that aren't heard? Why is this significant?

4. Why does Milo come to realize he got stuck in the Doldrums?

5. What was the job of Faintly Macabre before she was imprisoned?

6. Why do the creatures of the Doldrums say thinking is against the law?

7. What four roles is the man in the cottage pretending to play and why?

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

9. When Milo, Tock and Humbug arrive on the island, Milo asks a man, "Where are we?" What question does the man ask Milo?

10. What is the difference between the brothers who are kings of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Silent Valley and the Soundkeeper's role. What is the Soundkeeper's reaction to the release of the sounds?

Essay Topic 2

Choose three of the demons who attack Milo and his group. Describe each. What are the bad habits or traits each of them describe? Which of those would Milo have exhibited before his trip?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between: Dr. Discord and Dynne; Tock and the Spelling Bee; Officer Shrift and Faintly Macabre. Though these are fictional characters, are the relationships believable?

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