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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the First: Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gregory see in the darkness?
(a) His eyes have adapted.
(b) With a candle.
(c) With a flashlight.
(d) With a glowstick

2. What incredible thing happens when the Princess smiles at Despereaux?
(a) He discovers his destiny.
(b) He falls in love.
(c) He forgets he is a mouse.
(d) He hears music.

3. Why does the jailer have a rope around his ankle?
(a) To remind him that he is a prisoner.
(b) To guide him back to the beginning.
(c) To tie up prisoners with.
(d) To keep him from falling into a deep hole.

4. What do the guards tell Antoinette will happen to her son?
(a) He will become an albino.
(b) He will starve to death.
(c) He will be a slave.
(d) The rats will eat him.

5. Who does Despereaux recognize as one of the guards?
(a) His brother Furlough.
(b) His sister Merlot.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Despereaux's mother?

2. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

3. What did Despereaux do instead of searching for food like the rest?

4. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?

5. What does Despereaux wonder about that chills him?

(see the answer key)

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