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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 did Furlough not see the Princess do?
(a) Invite Despereaux to dinner.
(b) Take Despereaux to her private quarters.
(c) Kiss Despereaux.
(d) Pick Despereaux up.

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

3. What do stories do for Gregory?
(a) Help him see.
(b) Make light.
(c) Distract him.
(d) Teach him to read.

4. What does Gregory call the dungeon?
(a) The treacherous dark heart of the world.
(b) The darkest place in the universe.
(c) The most dangerous place in the world.
(d) The last place on earth.

5. Which rat was born in the dungeon several years before Despereaux was born?
(a) Alec.
(b) Whiskers.
(c) Chiaroscuro.
(d) Chakara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of life according to Botticelli?

2. What broke Roscuro's heart?

3. What does Antoinette call out as Despereaux is led away?

4. What is Despereaux's destiny?

5. How does Gregory see in the darkness?

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