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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) Love.
(b) Peace in all things.
(c) Suffering of others.
(d) Self sacrifice.

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

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

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

5. What does Furlough see that makes him think that Despereaux is a goner?
(a) He sees the Princess smile at Despereaux.
(b) He sees the Princess wink at Despereaux.
(c) He sees the Princess pick up Despereaux.
(d) He sees the Princess touch Despereaux's head.

6. What does perfidy mean?
(a) Fidelity.
(b) Deliberate treachery.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Chivalry.

7. Why does Antoinette want no more babies?
(a) They never stop needing.
(b) They are too much work.
(c) They ruin her beauty.
(d) They make her feel too sad.

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

9. How does the Princess describe Despereaux's ears?
(a) Like bits of cotton.
(b) Like rose petals.
(c) Like remnants of silk.
(d) Like small pieces of velvet.

10. What does Despereaux's mother put on in honor of her youngest mouse being taken to the dungeon?
(a) A black veil.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A tremendous amount of makeup.
(d) A new hat.

11. Why is Gregory in the dungeon?
(a) He was a guard caught sleeping on shift.
(b) He spilled the soup in the king's lap.
(c) He was caught stealing.
(d) He is the jailer.

12. What happens when he realizes this truth?
(a) He falls from the tree.
(b) He is hit with a broom.
(c) He is caught by the king.
(d) He falls from the chandelier he is hanging on.

13. What does Gregory do?
(a) Chases him into the darkest part of the dungeon.
(b) Burns Roscuro's whiskers.
(c) Locks him in a cage.
(d) Kicks him out.

14. What broke Roscuro's heart?
(a) The look the Princess gave him.
(b) The way the King cried for his wife.
(c) That he would not be a guest at the party.
(d) That he would never be welcome in the light.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Roscuro make at that moment?

2. What is Despereaux's destiny?

3. When the Princess sees him and calls out, what does Roscuro realize?

4. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

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

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