Chapters 1 to 3
Dictionopolis
Digitopolis
Mountains of Ignorance
Activity and Discussion Questions
100

Who is the first person that Milo meets in chapter two?

The Whether Man

100

What was the name of one of the king's men?

Five choices: Earl of Essence, Duke of Definition, Minister of Meaning, Count of Connotation, and the Undersecretary of Understanding

100

Who did Milo, the Humbug, and Tock meet that brought them to Digitopolis?

The dodecahedron

100

Who is the first creature that Milo meets?

The Everpresent Wordsnatcher

100

IS Milo sad, happy, mad, or nonchalant when he leaves the Lands Beyond?

Milo is sad

200

Who does Milo meet in chapter three?

Tock the watchdog and the king's men

200

Who was one character that Milo met in Dictionopolis?

The Humbug, the Spelling Bee, King Azaz the Unabridged, Faintly Macabre (the Which), and Officer Shrift

200

What is the specialty in Digitopolis?

Subtraction stew

200

Who are the two demons that Milo, Tock, and the Humbug meet after their first encounter?

The Terrible Trivium and the demon of insincerity

200

Before you made your Imaginary Lands brochure, what were some of the first ideas that popped into your head?

Examples:                                                         -Candy Land                                                        -Monopoly

300

Name the three characters that Milo meet in total in chapters two and three

The Whether Man, Tock, and the king's men

300

Who did King Azaz and the Mathemagician ban from Wisdom

Rhyme and Reason

300

Where did Milo first go in Digitopolis?

The numbers mine

300

Who do Milo and his friends meet after the demon of insincerity?

The Gelatinous Giant

300

At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Mayenschein had 28 students in her 6th grade math class. In February, 7 students left her class out of fear, and by the end of the school year some new ones had joined her class to see if she was really that terrible.

Write an expression to represent the total number of students in her class at the end of the year?

28 - 7 + s

s = students who joined

400

How did Milo reach the Lands Beyond?

By driving through the tollbooth

400

Who came with Milo on the journey?

Tock and the Humbug

400

Where is the smallest and biggest numbers kept? 

The land of Infinity

400

Who guards the staircase to the Castle in the Air?

The Senses Taker

400

At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Mayenschein had 28 students in her 6th grade math class. In February, 7 students left her class out of fear, and by the end of the school year some new ones had joined her class to see if she was really that terrible.

Evaluate the expression you found where s = 9

28 - 7 + 9

21 + 9 = 30 students

500

What color was the tollbooth?

Purple

500

Where is one of the places that Milo, Tock, and the Humbug reach before arriving at Digitopolis?

Forest of Sight, Point of View, Illusions, Reality, Chroma's orchestra, Dr. Dischord's place, the Valley of Sound, the Soundkeeper's fortress

500

What does Milo receive before setting out to the Mountains of Ignorance?

A magic staff

500

Who brings Milo, Tock, the Humbug, Rhyme, and Reason down from the Castle in the Air and how?

Tock does by flying them all down, because time flies

500

Explain how you know 3(e + m) is equivalent to 

3e + 3m.

Something about the distributive property.
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