| Question | Answer |
| Who says"It seems to me almost everything is a waste of time?" | Milo |
| What country did Milo not see the point of knowing where it was? | Etheopia |
| What was the word Milo could not see the point of knowing how to spell? | February |
| What did Milo think was the greatest waste of time? | the process of seeking knowledge |
| Where did Milo live? | an apartment |
| In Milo's room, what was the strange package next to? | the phonograph |
| What did the mysterious package in Milo's room look like? | Not quite square, but not quite round |
| What was attached to the side of Milo's mysterious package? | a bright blue envelope |
| What was on the bright blue envelope? | FOR MILO WHO HAS PLENTY OF TIME |
| Why was Milo surprised to see the big package? | It wasn't his birthday, Christmas, and he hadn't been good |
| Why did Milo open the envelope? | to be polite |
| What did it say inside the blue envelope? | ONE GENUINE TURNPIKE TOLLBOOTH, EASILY ASSEMBLED AT HOME, AND FOR USE BY THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER TRAVELED IN THE LANDS BEYOND |
| Who is the author of "The Phantom Tollbooth?" | Norton Juster |
| What is in the mysterious package? | One genuine turnpike tollbooth. Three precautionary signs, assorted coins, one map, one book of rules/ |
| What did the letter say about the rules and traffic regulations? | They may not be bent or broken. |
| What did the small letters at the bottom of the letter say? | Results are not guaranteed, but if not perfectly satisfied, your wasted time will be refunded. |
| What color was the tollbooth? | purple |
| What did the three signs say that were on the tollbooth? | slow down, approaching tollbooth. please have your fare ready. have your destination in mind. |
| Where did Milo's finger land on the map? | Dictionopolis |
| What did Milo use to go through the tollbooth? | his small electric automobile |
| What did Milo say when he went through the tollbooth? | I'm certainly glad it's a nice day for a trip |
| After going through the tollbooth, what did the first sign say? | Welcome to Expectations. Park here and blow horn. |
| After Milo blew the horn, who came rushing out from the house? | a little man in a long coat |
| In Expectations, how did the man talk? | very fast and kept repeating everything he said |
| What did the man at Expectations call himself? | the Whether Man |
| What did the Whether man release in the air to see which way the wind was blowing? | a dozen balloons |
| What did the Whether man say that Expectations was? | the place you go before you get to where you're going |
| What did the Whether man ask Milo? | Do you think it will rain? |
| What never happens when you expect everything? | the unexpected |
| As Milo looked back at Expectations, what did he see? | the Whether man standing under a fierce cloudburst that seemed to be only raining on him. |
| What did Milo start to do as he drove out of Expectations? | daydream and stopped thinking of where he was going |
| Which direction did the sign at the fork point for Milo to go? | Left |
| Which direction did Milo go at the fork in the road? | Right |
| What began to change after Milo left the main highway? | everything began to lose its color |
| After going to wrong way, what did Milo's car do? | the car gradually slowed to a stop |
| After turning the wrong way, where did Milo end up? | the Doldrums |
| What were the creatures in the Doldrums called? | lethargarians |
| What are the Doldrums? | the place where nothing ever happens and nothing ever changes |
| What did Milo not see the point of subtracting? | turnips |
| Where did Milo see the first Lethargarian?" | on his right shoulder |
| What color were the Lethargarians?" | the color of whatever they were sitting on |
| How many Lethargarians were there? | dozens of them |
| What did Milo do for the Lethargarians? | laughed at them |
| What did the Lethargarians say was not allowed in the Doldrums? | To think |
| What did the Lethargarians tell Milo to do about the law? | Look it up in the local ordinance book. |
| What was the law about laughing in the Doldrums? | frowned upon |
| When was smiling permitted in the Doldrums? | on alternate Thursdays |
| What were some of the things the Lethargarians did in their day? | take 5 naps, eat, sleep, daydream, dawdle and delay, bide our time, linger and loiter, put off for tomorrow what they could have done today, loaf and lounge, dilly dally, waste time |
| How often did the Lethargarians take a holiday? | once a week, and they go nowhere |
| Everyone in the Doldrums did nothing all day except whom? | the watchdog |
| everything about the watchdog is normal except for what? | His body which is a loudly ticking alarm clock |
| what did milo tell the watchdog he was doing | killing time |
| What must milo do to get out out of the doldrums? | start thinking |
| what did milo think about to get out of the doldrums? | Birds that swim, fish that fly, yesterdays lunch, tomorrow's dinner, words that start with J, numbers that end with 3. |
| When they got out of the doldrums, what happend to Milo and Tock's surroundings? | All the the things turned to their original color |
| After getting out of the doldrums, what did Milo realize? | That life was not at all boring |
| What is tock's brothers name? | Tick |
| What sound does tock make? | Tick |
| Where does tock's parents try to change ticks name? | In the hall of records |
| What did people conclude after counting all the time and finding so much of it? | That because their was so much of it,it couldn't be very valuble |
| Where is dicionopolis? | In the foothills of confusion, caressed by a gentle breeze from the Sea of Knowledge |
| What day was it in Dictionopolis? | Market day |
| What Question did the gateman ask milo? | have you come to by or sell? |
| What did the gateman tell milo (about getting in)? | to get in you have to have an excuse to get in |
| What excuse did the gateman give milo? | Why not? |
| Where did the gateman put the small medallion | Around milo's neck |
| What did the large banner in Dicionopolis say? | "WELCOME TO THE WORD MARKET" |
| What did the five men that Milo saw in Dicionopolis look like? | Very tall, thin, dressed in silks and satins, plumped hats, and buckled shoes |
| What did the five men have with them | five parchments |
| What are the ways the five tall men say hi? | Greetings, Salutations, welcome, Good afternoon |
| What are other names for the king of Dictopolis | Azaz the unabridged, Monarch of letters, Emperor of phrases, sentences, and miscellaneous figures of speach |
| What are other words that the 5 tall men use for a kingdom? | Country, nation, state, commonwealth, realm, empire, palatinate, principality |
| What are some other words for yes that the 5 tall men use? | of course, certainly, precisely, exactly |
| What are some other words the 5 tall men use for no? | Nonsense, ridiculous, fantastic, absurd, bosh |
| What are the names of the five tall men? | The Duke of Definition, the Minister of Meaning, the Earl of Essence, the Count of Connotation, the Undersecretary of Understanding |
| What is the Duke of Definition's definition of cabinet? | 1. a small private room or closet case with drawers, etc. for keeping valuables or displaying curiousities. 2. council room for chief ministers of state 3. a body of official advisors to the chief executive of a nation |
| How are words made? | They are grown on trees |
| Who fell of the log in the word market? | The earl of essence. |
| When is the word market held? | Once a week. |
| Were is the word market held? | In the great square. |
| Why don't the five tall men make sense? | It isn't their job. |
| Why did the five tall men leave Milo? | to get ready for the royal banquet? |
| What wise comment did Tock tell Milo? | Words are confusing only when you use a lot to say a little. |
| What three words does milo want to buy ? | quagmire, flabbergast, upholstry |
| What was Tock more intersted in finding than buying new words? | Finding a bone |
| Why didn't milo buy the three words that he wanted to buy? | They were to expensive and milo only had the coins that he needed to get through the tollbooth. |
| What are Happy's useful for? | Happy New Year, Happy Birthday, Happy Days, and happy-go-lucky |
| What are Goods good for? | good-Morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good-by |
| How many bins were in the cart labeled "Do it Yourself" | 26 |
| what letter does the man who runs the do it yourself stall think is very good? | A |
| What 3 letters does the letter man pop into his mouth | two G's and a R |
| What is one of the most popular letters? | A |
| What does Z taste like? | Very dry and sawdusty. |
| What does X taste Like? | A trunkful of stale air. |
| What is odd about the spelling bee? | He is twice Milo's size. |
| What is the first word the spelling bee spells out? | Assistance. |
| What does an I taste like? | Icy and refreshing |
| What does a C taste like? | Crisp and crunchy |
| What is the first word the humbug says in the story? | BALDERDASH |
| How many seconds does Milo give to the spelling bee to spell vegetable? | 10 |
| What word does Milo have the spelling bee spell? | vegetable |
| When the Spelling Bee was just an ordinary bee, what was his part-time job? | going in people's bonnets |
| Who is a very dislikable fellow? | the humbug |
| Who did Humbug say he fought the crusades with? | Richard the Lion Heart |
| Who did the Humbug say he was talking to the other day? | the king |
| What is the Latin name for humbug | Insecticus humbugium |
| Who was the humbug's great-great-great-grandfather? | George Washington Humbug |
| Who does the Bee say that the Humbug is?: | an imposter |
| What does Milo say the palace looks like? | an enormous book |
| What did officer Shrift look like?: | blue uniform with white belt and gloves, a peaked hat with a fierce expression |
| What crimes did Milo and Tock commit? | having a dog with an alarm, sewing confusion, wreaking havoc |
| Why did Short Shrift ask them what they were doing on the night of July 27th? | It was his birthday |
| Who always forgets people's birthdays? | boys |
| What sentence did Short Shrift give Milo and Tock? | I am. |
| What 3 people were Short Shift? | a police, a jailer and a judge |
| Who will be Milo and Tock's only company in the dungeon? | the witch (which) |
| What did the Which say that Milo and Tock could call her? | faintly Macabre |
| What is the first sign Faintly Macabre put up in the castle? | brevity is the soul of wit |
| What is the last sign Faintly Macabre put up on the castle? | Silence is golden |
| Who thinks that learning all the words is a very comendable ambition | Faintly Macabre |
| In the dungeon why did Milo grab Tock to make sure his alarm didn't go off | He knew witches didn't like Loud noises |
| Who does the Which say she is? | |
