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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 Gregory do?
(a) Kicks him out.
(b) Locks him in a cage.
(c) Chases him into the darkest part of the dungeon.
(d) Burns Roscuro's whiskers.

2. Why does Pea tell them she cannot be threatened?
(a) She has guards in the castle.
(b) She is a Princess.
(c) Mig would never hurt her.
(d) Her father will find ou.

3. Why does a piece of red string get tied around Despereaux's neck?
(a) So he can use it to find his way in the dark.
(b) To mark him as a condemned mouse.
(c) To remember his family by.
(d) To be used as a portable sewing kit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Despereaux decide he must do?

2. What does the light do to Roscuro?

3. When Despereaux wakes the next morning, what does he realize he has to do?

4. Who is the first to notice him there?

5. What other crime did he commit that he wasn't caught for?

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