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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Fourth: Chapters 34-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the jailer show Despereaux?
(a) A pile of bones.
(b) A pile of love letters.
(c) A pile of spoons, kettle and soup bowls.
(d) A pile of old photographs.

2. What happens when he realizes this truth?
(a) He is caught by the king.
(b) He falls from the tree.
(c) He falls from the chandelier he is hanging on.
(d) He is hit with a broom.

3. What dark things are in Pea's heart?
(a) Hatred for Roscuro and sadness that her mother was gone.
(b) Hatred for Mig and Roscuro, and pity for her mother.
(c) Disgust for the filth that Roscuro represented.
(d) Hatred for Roscuro and pity for Mig.

4. On what day does Roscuro leave the dungeon to go into the light of the castle?
(a) On the day Despereaux is born.
(b) On the Princess's birthday.
(c) On the King's anniversary.
(d) On Despereaux's first birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Despereax notices about the dungeon?

2. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

3. What does the threadmaster tell Despereaux to do?

4. What makes Despereaux weep?

5. What happens to Roscuro as a result of seeing the light from the match?

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