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

2. What does Antoinette call out as Despereaux is led away?
(a) Take me.
(b) Adieu (Farewell).
(c) Be brave.
(d) Have mercy.

3. What makes Despereaux weep?
(a) Exhaustion, despair and hope, joy and pain, gratitude.
(b) Fear and disappointment, nausea and loss.
(c) The loss of his tail.
(d) Love and friendship, loss and loneliness.

4. How long has Gregory been in the dungeon?
(a) Five or six years, he isn't exactly sure.
(b) Six months or so.
(c) For decades, for centuries, for eons, for eternities.
(d) Two years.

5. What didn't Mig's father do when he left her?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) Make a promise to her.
(c) Look back.
(d) Give her a hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

2. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?

3. What do stories do for Gregory?

4. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?

5. What does the soldier tell 'Uncle' is against the law?

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