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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 Botticelli try to teach Roscuro?
(a) How to hunt for food.
(b) How to find Gregory.
(c) How to torture a prisoner.
(d) How to catch mice.

2. Who does Lester call?
(a) The King.
(b) The Mouse Council.
(c) The Princess.
(d) His family.

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

4. What does the light do to Roscuro?
(a) Makes him turn away.
(b) Fills him with sadness.
(c) Fills him with wonder.
(d) Blinds him.

5. What does Botticelli do when the door opens to admit a prisoner?
(a) He looks away from the light at the door.
(b) He runs to get Gregory.
(c) He runs to get Roscuro.
(d) He runs into the darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Despereaux's mother do when Despereaux is led away?

2. How many brothers and sisters are in Despereaux's litter?

3. What did the Pea announce when her father finished playing and singing?

4. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

5. What did Furlough first notice when Despereaux was born?

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