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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the First: Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Despereaux's brother and sister take him to the library for?
(a) To educate him.
(b) To read a bedtime story.
(c) To eat the bindings.
(d) To show him how to read.

2. Who does Despereaux recognize as one of the guards?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother Furlough.
(d) His sister Merlot.

3. What does Despereaux wonder about that chills him?
(a) Is there really a 'happily ever after'?
(b) How many rats are there?
(c) How big are the rats?
(d) Do rats eat mice?

4. What is the last of the great, ancient rules of mice?
(a) Never touch humans.
(b) Never speak to humans.
(c) Never reveal a mouse's house to a human.
(d) Never allow humans to touch a mouse.

5. Why does Antoinette want no more babies?
(a) They never stop needing.
(b) They ruin her beauty.
(c) They are too much work.
(d) They make her feel too sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a piece of red string get tied around Despereaux's neck?

2. What does the beating of the drum tell the Mouse Council members?

3. What does the jailer show Despereaux?

4. What nationality is Despereaux's mother?

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

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