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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Third: Chapters 24-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the last words the Queen spoke?
(a) That rat is at play.
(b) There is a rat in the dining hall.
(c) There is a rat in my soup.
(d) There is a rat on the loose.

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

3. What does Roscuro offer to do?
(a) Listen to any other confessionals.
(b) Take a message to his son.
(c) Take a message to his daughter.
(d) Take the cloth to ease the man's burden.

4. 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 remember his family by.
(c) To be used as a portable sewing kit.
(d) To mark him as a condemned mouse.

5. What does the threadmaster tell Despereaux to do?
(a) Search for the leader.
(b) Find his way out.
(c) Be brave.
(d) Wait for rescue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the threadmaster and Despereaux have in common?

2. How many mice has Gregory saved before Despereaux?

3. What is the name of the kingdom?

4. Why does Antoinette want no more babies?

5. What does Despereaux want before the guards lead him to the dungeon?

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