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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the old lady doing in the prison cell?
(a) Rocking and sewing.
(b) Rocking and knitting.
(c) Rocking and talking.
(d) Rocking and reading.

2. What is the first thing the people of the Doldrums do when they wake in the morning?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Run errands.
(c) Daydream.
(d) Sleep.

3. What do the guests do when King Azaz says, "Attention?"
(a) They stand.
(b) They ask for water.
(c) They pledge the flag.
(d) They leave.

4. What does Alec Bings keep crashing into as they run through the forest?
(a) Bushes.
(b) Trees.
(c) Milo and the Humbug.
(d) Houses.

5. Milo is directed to a second door for directions. What is the word that appears above the door?
(a) Midget.
(b) Milo.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Magic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lines the ceilings and mirrors of the entrance halls of the palace in Dictionopolis?

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

4. Where does Milo find his surprise present?

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

2. What rules are on the three signs included with Milo's surprise present?

3. Describe King Azaz the Unabridged.

4. How does the demon of insecurity describe himself?

5. What does Milo say about making another trip?

6. Why does Milo come to realize he got stuck in the Doldrums?

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

8. What was the job of Faintly Macabre before she was imprisoned?

9. What does Milo discover about words after having walked around in the Word Market for awhile?

10. What four roles is the man in the cottage pretending to play and why?

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