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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 is the first thing Milo sees that indicates he's nearing Dictionopolis?

2. What does the floating boy say he thinks of the bucket of water?

3. Why doesn't Milo read books when he's bored?

4. Where does Milo learn that words come from?

5. Which of the following does Humbug NOT suggest as a way to make the guests remain after the banquet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dynne's job as assistant to Dr. Dissonance?

2. Describe the staff carried by the Mathemagician.

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

4. Why does Alec Bings say he is floating in the air?

5. What is Faintly Macabre's response when Milo says he can't leave the prison for six million years?

6. What is the chief duty of Rhyme and Reason?

7. How do the Princesses, Rhyme and Reason, come to live in the kingdom?

8. What are some of the slogans being yelled by sellers at the Word Market?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is dissonance? What is a din? How do the definitions of these words impact the imagery of Dr. Dissonance and Dynne?

Essay Topic 2

What is the story Faintly Macabre tells?

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of thing does Milo plan to do when he discovers that the tollbooth is gone? Were those things always available for him to do? Why hadn't he discovered them before?

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