What is the one thing the Senses Taker can't get from Milo?

• A. Sense of balance.
• B. Sense of direction.
• C. Sense of color.
• D. Sense of humor.

Answer: (D)

The Senses Taker operates by stealing perceptual abilities—things you can sense in the physical world. Balance, direction, and color are all such senses, and in Milo’s adventure they’re the kinds of powers the Senses Taker tries to strip away to drain his experience. But humor isn’t a sense. It’s a mood, attitude, or way of reacting to things, not a perceptual faculty. Because it isn’t a detectible sense to be stolen, Milo’s sense of humor remains with him even as other senses are taken. So the one thing the Senses Taker can’t get from Milo is humor.