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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 kinds of words are sold in gift boxes?

2. Where does Milo learn that words come from?

3. What threat does King Azaz issue to stop his cabinet members from fighting?

4. What is Faintly Macabre's relationship to the king?

5. How does Milo display his reason for being in the market?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the Word Market?

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

4. What point does Alec Bings make about a bucket of water?

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

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

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

8. Describe Rhyme and Reason.

9. Milo finds a note in his bedroom the day after his adventure. Why does the note say the tollbooth was taken away?

10. What does Chroma say to Milo when he arrives to lead the orchestra at sunrise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Alec Bings? What is his special talent? What is limiting about that ability?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why does Milo put together the tollbooth in the first place? Compare that to his initial disappointment upon finding that the tollbooth is gone.

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