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

2. How does Despereaux describe the sound he hears?
(a) Honey-treat.
(b) Honey-smooth.
(c) Sugar-sweet.
(d) Honey-sweet.

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

4. Who does Despereaux reveal himself to?
(a) Prince Lester.
(b) Princess Pea.
(c) The Mouse Council.
(d) The King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the last words the Queen spoke?

2. What does Gregory do?

3. What nationality is Despereaux's mother?

4. What does Gregory call the dungeon?

5. What does the light do to Roscuro?

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