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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of life according to Botticelli?
(a) Peace in all things.
(b) Suffering of others.
(c) Love.
(d) Self sacrifice.

2. What does the jailer show Despereaux?
(a) A pile of old photographs.
(b) A pile of bones.
(c) A pile of love letters.
(d) A pile of spoons, kettle and soup bowls.

3. What is the name of the kingdom?
(a) The Kingdom of Score.
(b) The Kingdom of Four.
(c) The Kingdom of Dor.
(d) The Kingdom of More.

4. What does Roscuro find on the floor?
(a) The Queen's soup spoon.
(b) The Queen's broach.
(c) A single shoe.
(d) A butter knife.

5. What else did the King order?
(a) That mice be allowed.
(b) That Roscuro be found and punished.
(c) That all the rats be killed.
(d) That rats be banished.

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

7. Where does he fall to?
(a) Onto the goal post.
(b) Into the King's dinner.
(c) Into the Queen's soup.
(d) Into the Princess's lap.

8. What other crime did he commit that he wasn't caught for?
(a) He traded his daughter for ten chickens, and a horse.
(b) He traded his daughter for a red tablecloth, a hen and a handful of cigarettes.
(c) He traded his son for a horse and a saddle.
(d) He traded his son for a daughter and a blanket.

9. What do the threadmaster and Despereaux have in common?
(a) They both enjoy reading.
(b) They have the same father.
(c) They both think the Princess is beautiful.
(d) They both like music.

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

11. What does Despereaux begin by reciting?
(a) Once upon a time....
(b) While the cat is away.......
(c) If I were a rich mouse.................
(d) There once was a mouse named Despereaux....

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

13. What does Roscuro do that gets him into trouble with Gregory?
(a) He chews on his rope.
(b) He steals food.
(c) He bites Gregory's shoes.
(d) He takes all the stuffing.

14. What does Roscuro offer to do?
(a) Take a message to his daughter.
(b) Listen to any other confessionals.
(c) Take a message to his son.
(d) Take the cloth to ease the man's burden.

15. What did the Pea announce when her father finished playing and singing?
(a) That she wanted to rid the castle of cats.
(b) That she was going to keep Despereaux.
(c) That she wanted to save Despereaux.
(d) That she wanted to find a friend for Despereaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the last words the Queen spoke?

2. How does Gregory see in the darkness?

3. What is Despereaux's last name?

4. What does Furlough see that makes him think that Despereaux is a goner?

5. Who does Despereaux recognize as one of the guards?

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