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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregory call the dungeon?
(a) The darkest place in the universe.
(b) The last place on earth.
(c) The most dangerous place in the world.
(d) The treacherous dark heart of the world.

2. What is the meaning of life according to Botticelli?
(a) Suffering of others.
(b) Self sacrifice.
(c) Peace in all things.
(d) Love.

3. What broke Roscuro's heart?
(a) The look the Princess gave him.
(b) That he would never be welcome in the light.
(c) That he would not be a guest at the party.
(d) The way the King cried for his wife.

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

5. Why does Despereaux tell the jailer he cannot die?
(a) Because he is in love.
(b) Becaue he wants to learn how to write.
(c) Because he wants to read.
(d) Because he is too young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gregory put Despereaux?

2. What does Roscuro find on the floor?

3. What does Botticelli do when the door opens to admit a prisoner?

4. What did the King do after his Queen died?

5. What does Roscuro offer to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Despereaux faints, what does he wake up to see?

2. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?

3. What are the ways in which Despereaux is considered to be a disappointment or different, and by whom?

4. What fascination does Roscuro develop even though he is told it is not proper?

5. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?

6. How does Antoinette react as the last of her babies is being taken to the dungeon?

7. What happens when Princess Pea notices him swinging from the chandelier?

8. How does the King respond to the Princess when she declares that she intends to keep Despereaux and that she believes that they will be best friends?

9. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?

10. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?

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