The Phantom Tollbooth (Play) Test

Milo drove through a TOLLBOOTH on the way to his fantastic journey. A TOLLBOOTH is a place where ____.

• tires are changed

• people pay fees to use the road

• gasoline is sold

• cars are bought and sold

The crunching noise was made by a streamroller riding over HARD-BOILED eggs. Eggs that are HARD-BOILED are ____.

• cooked in the shell until solid

• mixed with pickles and mustard

• cooked lightly in the shell

• scrambled with butter in a pan

Dischord groaned with APPRECIATION when he heard loud noises. To groan in APPRECIATION is to feel ____.

• angry

• thankful

• relieved

• bored

Dischord was followed by the sound of small EXPLOSIONS. The EXPLOSIONS sounded like _____.

• honking horns

• creaking boards

• squeals of laughter

• booming noises

The CELLOPHANE made a crackling noise when it was crumpled. CELLOPHANE is a _____.

• clear wrapping

• thin wood

• soft cloth

• metal sheet

Dodecahedron pointed out that in Digitopolis TRIANGLES are called triangles. Everywhere, TRIANGLES are ______.

• objects that can be held

• shapes with five sides

• shapes with three sides

• small containers

The setting of this story helps to set a tone that is ____.

• scary

• humorous

• serious

• sad

One idea that can be proved true is ____.

• a dodecahedron has twelve sides

• one one-millionth is the smallest number

• numbers are dug from mines

• words are more important than numbers

An idea that would be difficult to prove is ____.

• 7 is 7 everywhere in the world

• there's so much to learn

• when a baby wants food, he screams

• words are more important than numbers

The main thing Milo, Tock, and Humbug want to do is ____.

• visit Dischord and Dynne

• rescue Rhyme and Reason

• visit the number mine

• meet Dodecahedron