The Phantom Tollbooth Play

What was Milo’s mysterious package?

• Tock, the dog

• money

• a phantom tollbooth

• a dictionary & math book

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

• visit Dischord and Dynne

• rescue Rhyme and Reason

• visit the number mine

• meet Dodecahedron

Who are they trying to rescue?

• Tock and Dodecahedron

• Man and Bird

• Princess Rhyme and Reason

• King Azaz and the Mathemagician

Sound effects are noises that are not made by the characters themselves.  Which excerpt contains a stage direction that gives information about a sound effect?

• Senses Taker...Now, if you'll just tell me:  [handing them a form to fill.  Speaking slowly and deliberately}...

• Senses Taker...A circus of your very own. [CIRCUS MUSIC is heard.  Milo seems to go into a trance]...

• Milo, Tock and Humbug...The Castle -in-th-Air! [They throw down their papers and run past him up the first few stairs.]

• [After a moment, Milo, Tock and Humbug join in laughing and the spells are broken].  Milo...There was no circus. 

Where is Milo headed at the end of scene 1?

• Digitopolis

• His Bedroom

• Dictionopolis

• The Castle

In paragraph 9 of scene 2, what kind of joke does the Whether Man tell? He says, "Of course, some people never go beyond Expectation."

• knock knock

• pun

• bad joke

• stand up comedy

Why does the playwright include the clock's monologue at the beginning of the play? What information might this monologue give the audience?

What does the audience learn in the first scene of "The Phantom Tollbooth," Act I?

• Milo does not like school.

• Milo watches too much television.

• Milo's family spends little time with him.

• Milo is about to begin an adventure.

Which adjective best describes Milo at the beginning of "The Phantom Tollbooth," Act I?

• tired

• bored

• angry

• sad