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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 does Roscuro find on the floor?
(a) A single shoe.
(b) The Queen's broach.
(c) A butter knife.
(d) The Queen's soup spoon.

2. What else did the King order?
(a) That Roscuro be found and punished.
(b) That mice be allowed.
(c) That rats be banished.
(d) That all the rats be killed.

3. What is the last of the great, ancient rules of mice?
(a) Never reveal a mouse's house to a human.
(b) Never allow humans to touch a mouse.
(c) Never touch humans.
(d) Never speak to humans.

4. How many mice has Gregory saved before Despereaux?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

5. Who arrived at the castle on the same evening?
(a) Simmery Yow.
(b) Gimmery Gow.
(c) Siggery Mow.
(d) Miggery Sow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Gregory been in the dungeon?

2. What does perfidy mean?

3. Why does a piece of red string get tied around Despereaux's neck?

4. Who is the first to notice him there?

5. How does Despereaux describe the sound he hears?

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