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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Second: Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Despereaux discover the sound to be?
(a) King Phillip playing his guitar and singing.
(b) The Princess singing.
(c) The Princess playing a flute.
(d) King Phillip playing a piano.

2. What is the rope necklace Botticelli wears the locket on made from?
(a) The thread of prisoners' blankets.
(b) The thread from threadbare clothing.
(c) The whiskers of mice.
(d) The hair from prisoners' heads.

3. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?
(a) The rats and other prisoners.
(b) The cold and the dark.
(c) The rats and the maze.
(d) The maze and the cold.

4. What nationality is Despereaux's mother?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) French.

5. How much thread does the threadmaster use?
(a) Just enough to wrap around his finger twice.
(b) Enough to use as a rope if twined together.
(c) Just enough for the neck.
(d) Enough to wrap around his waist twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Despereaux decide he must do?

2. What did the King do after his Queen died?

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

4. What does Roscuro find on the floor?

5. What is the last of the great, ancient rules of mice?

(see the answer key)

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