Characters
Who does Milo meet in the Doldrums that teaches him the importance of not wasting time?
Tock
Who are the princesses that have been banished from the Kingdom of Wisdom?
Rhyme and Reason
How is Milo able to get out of the Doldurms?
Tock helps him realize he needs to start thinking.
He thinks about birds that swim and fish that fly.
What words describe Milo at the beginning of the book?
Bored, uninterested, gloomy, sad
What word means, "A boring, gloomy place or state of mind where nothing ever happens"?
Doldrums
Who is it that teaches Milo that everyone has a different perspective on things?
Alec Bings
What special gift does Milo get from Alec Bings?
A telescope
What is it that happens in the word market when Milo and Tock get to Dictionopolis?
Why is it that nothing makes sense in the Kingdom of Wisdom anymore?
There is no Rhyme or Reason
What means "having or showing good sense, logic, or meaning"?
Rhyme or reason
How is the Demon of Insincerity an example of wordplay?
Insincere means to be fake or phony. The Demon of Insincerity is a phony because he pretends to be something he is not (a big, scary monster) when in reality he is a small, timid, demon that is not scary.
What can Milo learn from the King's advisors?
He can learn that using too many words can be confusing.
Why are Milo, Tock, and the Humbug not able to jump off the island of conclusions? What must they do instead?
You can never jump away from conclusions, but you can just to them. They have to swim through the Sea of Knowledge to get back.
What happened to the city of Reality?
What means "to decide something quickly without having a good reason for it"?
Jump to conclusions
How is Canby's name an example of wordplay?
Canbe "can be" anything he wants to be
Who is it that helps Milo and Tock get out of jail while in Dictionopolis?
The which
Faintly Macabre
Aunt Faintly
How is Milo able to bring sound back into the Valley of Sound?
Milo steals a sound from the Soundkeeper's fortress, drops it into a cannon, and they shoot the cannon at her fortress, which breaks the vault and releases sound back into the valley.
What obstacles must Milo, Tock, and the Humbug face in order to bring Rhyme and Reason back?
They must go through the mountains of ignorance, which are completely dark, get past the demons that live there, go up a 2,000 step spiral staircase with no rails to hold on to while it is windy
How was the phrase "eat your words" used as an example of wordplay in the book?
Eat your words means to take back what you said or admit that what you said was wrong, but in the story, Milo had to literally eat the words he said out loud
How is Milo able to outsmart/trick the Mathemagician into letting him rescue the princesses?
He tells him that he and King Azaz do actually agree on something. They agree to always disagree
Why does the Humbug join Milo and Tock on their journey to rescue Rhyme and Reason?
What happens when Milo tries to conduct Chroma's orchestra?
Everything turns the wrong color and an entire week goes by.
Give 3 examples of how Milo makes a mistake at the royal banquet?
He orders a "light meal" (beams of light)
He orders a "square meal" (different size squares)
He makes the wrong speech
What means "a loud, ongoing noise; racket; clamor"?
Din