The Phantom Tollbooth Ch. 3 - 4

Tock could best represent?

• The importance of wasting time 
• The importance of using one’s time wisely 
• The fact that there’s plenty of time in life to do good things.  
• The fact that people should set always be thinking about their goals in life

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The king’s advisors names all begin with pairs of letters that are the same (i.e.   “Duke of Definition). This is an example of....

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

What is unusual about the words that the 5 members of the king's cabinet say?

• The were all antonyms
• They were all homonyms
• They were all synomyms
• They were all homophones

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Who caused confusion in the Word Market?

• Spelling Bee and Humbug
• Spelling Bee and Milo
• Milo and Humbug
• Milo and Tock

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CCSS.RL.5.3

Why did Officer Shrift arrest Milo and Tock?

• Because of illegal barking
• Because of legal barking
• Because they forgot his birthday
• Because they were in the market

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who said "It's bad enough wasting time without killing it."

• Tock
• Milo
• Humbug
• The Lethargians

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Milo and Tock go to the __________ in Dictionopolis.

• Jail
• The School
• Word Market
• Store

What reason does the Gatekeeper give Milo?

• Hows Come?
• Why Not?
• Who Cares?
• When?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Milo need in order to enter Dictionopolis?

• A Reason
• A Want
• A Word
• A Dictionary

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the first character Milo meets in Dictionopolis?

• Humbug
• The Gate Keeper
• Tock
• The Spelling Bee