NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Howdoyouknow“ThePhantomTollbooth”isaplay?Thetextfeaturesphotographsandcaptions.Theauthorusesvividwordsanddetails.Thetextconsistsmainlyofdialogue.Thesettingcouldbearealplace.2.Atthebeginningoftheplay,MilocanBESTbedescribedasbored.confused.content.nervous.3.TheclockisimpatientwhenMilobeginsexaminingthetollboothbecauseMiloisgettingdistracted.beingstubborn.wastingtime.actingalarmed.4.Milogetsinthetoycarandbeginshistripbecausehewantstobuywordsatthemarketplace.hopestorescueRhymeandReason.wantstofindtheWatchdog.hasnothingbettertodo.5.WhatdotheWhetherMan’swordsandactionsshowabouthim?Hehastroublemakinguphismind.Hedefendshisopinionsforcefully.Hehasagoodsenseofdirection.Heremainscalmunderpressure.WeeklyLessonTestLesson29©Harcourt•Grade6247SelectionComprehension“ThePhantomTollbooth”Name6.Intheirspeeches,theking’sministersoftenusequotations.synonyms.similes.rhymes.7.HowaretheLethargariansandtheWatchdogSIMILAR?Bothtakeamorningandanafternoonnap.BothbelieveMilohasnotbeenthinking.Bothinvestigatewhentimeiswasted.Bothspendtheirtimedaydreaming.8.WhatdoesTockmeanwhenhesays,“...therehasbeenneitherRhymenorReasoninthiskingdom”?Nothingneweverhappensthere.Dictionopolisisahappykingdom.MilomustvisittheCastle-in-the-Air.Thereisanabsenceofcommonsense.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.COMPARINGTEXTSHowistheWhetherMan’sopinionoftheroadtoDictionopolisSIMILARtothespeaker’sopinionoftheroadin“TheRoadNotTaken”?UsedetailsfromBOTH“ThePhantomTollbooth”and“TheRoadNotTaken”tosupportyouranswer.TOTALSCORE:/8+/2WeeklyLessonTestLesson29©Harcourt•Grade6248SelectionComprehension“ThePhantomTollbooth”NameWeeklyLessonTestLesson29FocusSkill:CharacterizationReadthepassage.Thenchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.TheCafeteriaCarryingherlunchtrayintothecrowdedcafeteria,Shantiimmediatelyheardwhimperscomingfromanearbytable.Abandoningherfriends,Shantimovedclosertothesorrowfulsounds.Shediscoveredafamiliar-lookingthird-gradegirl,huddledalone...
