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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man seated at the bottom of the stairs to the Castle in the Air?
(a) The Senses Taker.
(b) The Sound Taker.
(c) The Senile Gentleman.
(d) The Castle Guard.

2. How does Milo come to know what's happened to make the Silent Valley?
(a) Someone uses sign language to explain it.
(b) Someone writes it on the blackboard.
(c) Someone whispers it to Milo.
(d) Milo guesses.

3. How does Milo and his group accidentally wake the Gelatinous Giant?
(a) They step on his hand.
(b) They knock on his door.
(c) They talk too loudly.
(d) They stumble into his cave.

4. What do Milo, Tock and Humbug discover in Chapter 13 they will have to do to return to their journey?
(a) Jump.
(b) Fly.
(c) Swim.
(d) Skate.

5. What does Dr. Discord say Milo, Tock and Humbug are suffering from?
(a) Measles.
(b) Lack of color.
(c) Lack of music.
(d) Lack of noise.

6. What sound does Milo make when he tries to talk in the Silent Valley?
(a) A tick.
(b) A squeak.
(c) None.
(d) A buzz.

7. What does the dirty bird resemble?
(a) A dingy cleaning cloth.
(b) A small cloud of dust.
(c) A dirty floor mop.
(d) A dirty dust rag.

8. Where does the Soundkeeper store the sounds?
(a) In a tower.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) In the radio.
(d) In the vault.

9. How long does Milo calculate it will take to finish the tasks assigned by the faceless man?
(a) 837 years.
(b) 837 minutes.
(c) 37 minutes.
(d) 87 years.

10. What is the name of the island where Milo, Tock and Humbug wind up in Chapter 13?
(a) The Island of Congratulations.
(b) The Land of Congratulations.
(c) The Island of Conclusions.
(d) The Land of Confusion.

11. What is the one thing the Mathemagician says is easy, though hardly worthwhile?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Being with friends.
(c) Being write.
(d) Being wrong.

12. What does the Mathemagician say the broken numbers are used for?
(a) Fractions.
(b) Dust.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Small problems.

13. What is Milo told he must do to restore sound to the Silent valley?
(a) Fire a cannon.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Yell.
(d) Bring a sound from the Soundkeeper.

14. What saves Milo, Tock and Humbug from the man at the bottom of the stairs in the Castle of the Air?
(a) Rhyme and Reason.
(b) King Azaz.
(c) A demon.
(d) Laughter.

15. What, according to the Soundkeeper, does laughter look like?
(a) Carpets.
(b) Sheets of paper.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Cotton balls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Milo realizes would be fun to do right in his own room?

2. What is the name of the faceless man?

3. What number does King Mathemagician show Milo?

4. Why do the demons want to destroy Milo, Tock and Humbug as well as all intruders?

5. What does the Mathemagician provide for Milo, Tock, Humbug and the others to eat?

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