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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. What does Milo come to understand he must do to make his car go faster?

2. What creature arrives while Milo is talking to the Lethargians?

3. What does the floating boy say wouldn't exist unless the symphony played?

4. How much time does Milo give the Spelling Bee to spell the word he has posed to it in Chapter 4?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the half-baked ideas eaten by Milo and the others?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Milo get from King Azaz's dining room to the market square?

2. What disadvantage does Alec Bings say Milo has because he grows upward?

3. What three roles does Officer Shrift play after the incident in the Word Market?

4. What is Humbug's attitude as he, Alec, and Milo set off on their adventure?

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

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

7. What is the purpose of the Word Market?

8. What saying does the Earl of Essence use that makes him fall?

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

10. What happens when the Humbug and Spelling Bee get into a fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare King Azaz the Unabridged and Mathemagician. How are they the same? Different?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the word market to the numbers mine.

Essay Topic 3

How did the Silent Valley become silent? How does Milo learn about the events that led to complete silence? How does Milo help end the silence?

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