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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings back a sackful of the sounds that Milo releases?
(a) Dynne.
(b) Tock.
(c) Humbug.
(d) Dr. Dissonance.

2. What kinds of tools are in the Mathemagician's workshop?
(a) Buckets for weighing.
(b) Hammers for adding.
(c) Tools for measuring.
(d) Saws for dividing.

3. Where do Tock, Milo and Humbug go after leaving Digitopolis?
(a) The Hill of Hostility.
(b) The Molehill Mountain.
(c) The Mountains of Ignorance.
(d) The Sea of Stupidity.

4. How many days does the celebration of Milo's success go on?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. Why do the demons want to destroy Milo, Tock and Humbug as well as all intruders?
(a) To protect Ignorance.
(b) To protect Rhyme and Reason.
(c) They are simply mean.
(d) To protect their homes.

6. What sound does Dynne make when he cries?
(a) The sound of an explosion.
(b) The sound of a crash.
(c) The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard.
(d) The sound of a radio.

7. Who meets Milo, Tock and Humbug on the island as they continue on their way to Digitopolis?
(a) Rhyme and Reason.
(b) Cranky.
(c) A clam.
(d) Canby.

8. At what time was Milo supposed to wake Chroma the Great?
(a) 5:01 a.m.
(b) 5:23 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 9:12 a.m.

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Milo realizes would be fun to do right in his own room?
(a) Read books.
(b) Play music.
(c) Sing songs.
(d) Draw maps.

10. Where does Milo learn the biggest, tallest, shortest, smallest, most and least of everything is kept?
(a) The land of Infinity.
(b) In the Mathemagician's hat.
(c) Under the box.
(d) The Island of Numbers.

11. What gift does the floating boy present to Milo as he prepares to leave the forest?
(a) Glasses.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A piccolo.
(d) A telephone.

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

13. What is the name of the faceless man?
(a) Trivial Tedious.
(b) Terrible Tedium.
(c) Tedious Trivial.
(d) Terrible Trivium.

14. What clue does Milo have that the demons are trying to chop down the stairway to the Castle in the Air?
(a) The sound of chopping.
(b) The screams of Humbug.
(c) The shaking of the room.
(d) The sound of the chopping and shaking of the room.

15. What is it that stops the demons from chasing Milo, Tock, Humbug, Rhyme and Reason in Chapter 19?
(a) Everyone Milo had met along the way.
(b) Dr. Dissonance and Dynne.
(c) The armies of Wisdom.
(d) King Azaz and the Mathemagician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Castle in the Air after the stairway is destroyed?

2. What saves Milo, Tock and Humbug from the man at the bottom of the stairs in the Castle of the Air?

3. What is the first instrument to play under Milo's direction as leader of the orchestra?

4. Which of the following was NOT among the demons chasing Milo and the others as they left the land of Ignorance?

5. What does the Mathemagician say is done with the jewels found in the mine?

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