Q 01/05

Tock, the dog who rescues Milo in The Phantom Tollbooth, has which object built into his body?

A) A music box

B) An alarm clock

C) A brass compass

D) A spinning top

Answer · why

B) An alarm clock

An alarm clock takes the place of Tock's body, ticking loudly, which makes him a literal watchdog. His job is to make sure that nobody wastes a minute...

Q 02/05

Milo drifts into which grey, sleepy place in The Phantom Tollbooth after daydreaming at the wheel?

A) The Doldrums

B) Point of View

C) The Valley of Sound

D) The Forest of Sight

Answer · why

A) The Doldrums

The Doldrums is a colourless place where nothing ever happens. Its tiny residents, the Lethargarians, blend in like chameleons by turning the shade of...

Q 03/05

Which two princesses must Milo rescue in The Phantom Tollbooth to bring sense back to the land?

A) Truth and Beauty

B) Faith and Charity

C) Sense and Sensibility

D) Rhyme and Reason

Answer · why

D) Rhyme and Reason

Rhyme and Reason were found as babies in a basket in the old king's garden, and he raised them as his own daughters. Everyone in the land once brought...

Q 04/05

What did the princesses of The Phantom Tollbooth rule when asked to rank letters against numbers?

A) Letters are more important

B) Numbers are more important

C) They are equally important

D) Neither is important at all

Answer · why

C) They are equally important

They are equally important, the princesses ruled, and both rulers were so angry at the verdict that they banished the sisters. The kingdom has been in...

Q 05/05

Which saying lets Tock the watchdog glide his friends down from the sky in The Phantom Tollbooth?

A) Time flies

B) Time will tell

C) Time heals

D) Time is money

Answer · why

A) Time flies

Time flies, Milo remembers, so a watchdog ought to manage it too. Tock leaps from a window and glides down to the ground carrying Milo, the Humbug and...