Chapter 5 The Phantom Tollbooth

In Chapter 5, where specifically does Milo go?

• The Land of Expectations

• The Whether Man

• Prison

• The Word Market

What characters does Milo meet in Chapter 5?

• The Whether Man

  and Tok

• The Humbug and the Spelling Bee

• Officer Short Shrift and "The Which"

• The Lethargarians and The King's Cabinet

What was the problem in Chapter 5?

• Milo is sentenced to six million years in prison

• Milo does not pay attention and ends up in the Doldrums

• Milo instigates a fight between the Humbug and the Spelling Bee

• Milo could not find Tok and he ended up in the Land of Expectations

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How did Chapter 5 end?

• Milo ate words and learned more

• Tok helped Milo get out of the Doldrums

• The Humbug and the Spelling Bee fought and caused the words to fall everywhere

• Milo and Tok ended up in prison and met "The Which"

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What does Milo learn in Chapter 5?

• He learned that fighting is not the answer

• He learned the importance of words and promised Tok that if they get out, he would make more of an effort to learn

• He learned the importance of thinking and paying attention

• He learned to be careful with the words he says

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Describe Officer Short Shrift in three words

• Lazy, sleepy, bored

• Happy, indecisive, wordy

• Fat, short, grumpy

• Cool, calm, collected

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What is your definition of the word "Short Shrift" based on what you know about the character, Officer Short Shrift?

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What is your definition of the word "which" based on what you know about the character, "The Which?"

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Guess the actual definition of the word, "which"

• Making choices

• A evil woman that makes potions

• A brief and harsh treatment given to a person or topic

• The temperature outside

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How is Officer Short Shrift an example of wordplay?

• Short Shrift has two meanings: a character in a book and a brief and harsh treatment

• The author is playing with the word, "short" and made a short character who gives harsh punishments

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