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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mig see on her seventh birthday?

2. What does Despereaux hold onto as Botticelli takes him deep into the dungeon?

3. What is Roscuro's last name?

4. Why does Roscuro claim to have brought the Princess downstairs?

5. What does Roscuro tell Mig the Princess will get?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roscuro lose his tail?

2. What is Mig supposed to do with the food she takes down to the dungeon?

3. What does Miggery tell Gregory that attracts the attention of Roscuro, and why is Roscuro interested?

4. What does Despereaux find the Cook doing when he manages to roll the thread as far as the kitchen?

5. What does Miggery do in the castle?

6. Who does Despereaux run into on his way to find the King?

7. Why does Mig refuse to chain the Princess up at first for Roscuro when they get to the spot where Roscuro intends to keep her?

8. What does Roscuro tell Mig that changes her life?

9. What did Miggery see when she was seven years old, and how did it affect her?

10. What deal does the Princess make with Roscuro?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning of Chiaroscuro? How is this name ironic given that it was given to a rat and why? What is almost prophetic about this name? In what way are Chiaroscuro and Despereaux very similar? What character traits do they share?

Essay Topic 2

How does the Queen lose her life? What is the King's reaction? What two things does he outlaw as a result of the Queen's death and why? Which of these two things is easily outlawed and which is the King forced to simply make illegal instead? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lester approach the Mouse Council? What is he hoping to accomplish? What is the fate decreed by the Mouse Council for Despereaux. What members of Despereaux's family are only too happy to participate in Despereaux's punishment?

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