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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 does Milo suggest to the king Azaz that he can do?

2. What is the next creature Milo meets, after the Spelling Bee?

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

4. How many sons did the young prince in Faintly Macabre's story have?

5. What does the floating boy say wouldn't exist unless the symphony played?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the response to Milo's question, "What are the Doldrums?"

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

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

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

6. Describe the Triple Demons of Compromise.

7. What tasks and tools are given to Tock, Milo and Humbug by the faceless man?

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

9. What does Milo think when he realizes that he has a surprise present?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three of the demons who attack Milo and his group. Describe each. What are the bad habits or traits each of them describe? Which of those would Milo have exhibited before his trip?

Essay Topic 2

Who (what) is the Spelling Bee? What is it that makes the Spelling Bee and Humbug naturally argumentative with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the royal banquet Milo attends in Dictionopolis. How does that differ from the stew served in Digitopolis?

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