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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 is the first letter Milo eats?

2. What is the sentence the Officer who comes to the Word Market passes on Milo?

3. What is the name of the city Milo sees that Alec Bings tells him really isn't there?

4. What is on King Azaz's robe?

5. What has to take place before the wagon belonging to the King's cabinet members will move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Word Market?

2. What is the difference between the brothers who are kings of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis?

3. Describe Rhyme and Reason.

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

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

6. What saying does the Earl of Essence use that makes him fall?

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. When Milo and King Azaz are talking, Humbug constantly adds his own comments. Who does the Humbug agree with?

9. Why does Milo decide to buy some words in the Word Market?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are Rhyme and Reason? Why is the presence of Rhyme and Reason vital to the entire country?

Essay Topic 2

When Milo returns with Rhyme and Reason, both King Azaz and the Mathemagician say that they knew the quest was impossible, but hadn't told him so. Why do they say they didn't tell him the quest was impossible? Is that reasonable?

Essay Topic 3

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

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