The Phantom Tollbooth
This is the main character who travels through the tollbooth.
Who is Milo?
What is the Civil War?
This is the author of "The River Between Us."
Who is Richard Peck?
This character is a Southern belle who comes to live with Tilly's family in "The River Between Us."
Who is Delphine Duval?
This is the name of the watchdog who accompanies Milo.
Who is Tock?
These two sides fought in the Civil War.
What are the Union and the Confederacy?
The story takes place during this war.
These characters in "The Phantom Tollbooth" prefer to do nothing all day.
Who are the Lethargarians?
This city is where everything is done in numbers.
What is Digitopolis?
Many boys in the war took on this dangerous job of delivering messages.
What are drummer boys?
This is the name of the young girl who lives in Grand Tower, Illinois.
This word means a journey to a specific place, often with a goal in mind.
What is a quest?
This demon tries to keep Milo from completing his quest by giving him useless tasks.
Who is the Terrible Trivium?
This is the name given to the young soldiers who fought in the war.
What are boy soldiers?
This is Calinda's real name.
Who is CoinCoin?
This character writes letters to his family while fighting in the Civil War in "The Boy's War."
Who is a boy soldier?
Milo's adventure teaches him the importance of these two things.
What are learning and imagination?
This type of primary source material was used to tell the stories of boys in the Civil War.
What are letters and diaries?
This is the city that Delphine and Calinda come from before arriving in Grand Tower.
What is New Orleans?
This word means a group of people who share common ancestry, culture, or language.
What is a tribe?