Phantom Tollbooth Ch 9-12

Who do Milo, Tock, and Humbug meet at Point of View?

• Alec Bings who sees through things.

• The King of Digitopolis

• The Doldrums

• The Spelling Bee

What is unusual about Alec Bings?

• He has a blue dog as a friend

• He floats in the air because he grows down.

• He sings in latin.

• His parents sent him to live alone in the woods.

Who lives in the forest? What is his secret?

• Earl of Essence, he speaks to the trees

• Police Man, he doesn't care if people stay in jail.

• The Young Prince, he is looking for his future.

• The thinnest, fattest, tallest, shortest man, he is one and the same person.

What is the difference between the cities of Reality and Illusion?

• They are the same city with different names.

• One is real and the other is imaginary.

• Reality is on land and Illusion is in the sky.

• One has beautiful sights, the other has beautiful sounds.

Who is in charge of all the colors?

• Dr. Dischord

• Dynne

• Chroma the Great

• Milo's grandpa

Describe the concert Milo attended in the forest.

• Dr. Dischord made beautiful sounds at sunrise.

• Chroma the Great conducted the sunset. As the orchestra played, colors appeared.

• Dynne formed a blue smog while the orchestra played Milo's favorite lullaby.

• Chroma the Great conducted horrible sounds to scare away the Humbug.

What is Dr. Dischord's job?

• He specializes in first aid.

• He specializes in chaos.

• He specializes in all kinds of noises.

• He specializes in being a tour guide.

Who lives in the Valley of Sound Fortress? What is her job?

• The Soundkeeper who catalogs and files sounds used to invent sounds.

• Dr Dischord who keeps all the sounds ever made.

• Dynne who protects sounds the king will use.

• Faintly Macabre who chooses each word used.

What is a theme of these chapters based on everyone Milo meets here?

• Every sound is important.

• Life would be dull without color.

• You better think or you'll be stuck.

• Different people have different points of view.

A scene of noisy confusion-

• pandemonium

• mirage

• din

• dissonance