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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Second: Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Despereaux's last name?
(a) Tilling.
(b) Milling.
(c) Filling.
(d) Billing.

2. How long has Gregory been in the dungeon?
(a) Five or six years, he isn't exactly sure.
(b) For decades, for centuries, for eons, for eternities.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months or so.

3. Why is Gregory in the dungeon?
(a) He is the jailer.
(b) He was a guard caught sleeping on shift.
(c) He spilled the soup in the king's lap.
(d) He was caught stealing.

4. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Furlough.

5. What does Botticelli try to teach Roscuro?
(a) How to catch mice.
(b) How to torture a prisoner.
(c) How to find Gregory.
(d) How to hunt for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roscuro find on the floor?

2. Why does Despereaux tell the jailer he cannot die?

3. What does Despereaux want before the guards lead him to the dungeon?

4. What else did the King order?

5. What does Botticelli have on a long, braided rope?

(see the answer key)

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