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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Despereaux's destiny?
(a) To leave the area.
(b) To find his real true love.
(c) To live in the castle.
(d) To meet the rats.

2. What do Despereaux's brother and sister take him to the library for?
(a) To educate him.
(b) To eat the bindings.
(c) To show him how to read.
(d) To read a bedtime story.

3. What does Despereaux wonder about that chills him?
(a) How many rats are there?
(b) Is there really a 'happily ever after'?
(c) Do rats eat mice?
(d) How big are the rats?

4. What did Despereaux do instead of searching for food like the rest?
(a) He slept.
(b) He listened to the music.
(c) He explored.
(d) He read.

5. How does Botticelli know another prisoner will come along soon?
(a) Because he heard Gergory talking about it.
(b) Because there is evil in the world.
(c) Because there hadn't been one for a while.
(d) Because the king punished people more on Tuesdays.

6. What does the threadmaster tell Despereaux to do?
(a) Wait for rescue.
(b) Find his way out.
(c) Be brave.
(d) Search for the leader.

7. What did the King do after his Queen died?
(a) He stopped making music.
(b) He stopped singing.
(c) He outlawed soup.
(d) He sank into despair.

8. What makes the Princess cry?
(a) Her father fears Despereaux.
(b) Her father condemns Despereaux to death.
(c) Her father banishes Despereaux from the castle.
(d) Her father yells at Despereaux.

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

10. What does Despereaux say to the Princess before the King makes him leave?
(a) You are beautiful.
(b) I honor you.
(c) I'm happy to have met you.
(d) I worship you.

11. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?
(a) The rats and the maze.
(b) The maze and the cold.
(c) The rats and other prisoners.
(d) The cold and the dark.

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

13. 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 the dining hall.
(d) There is a rat in my soup.

14. What does Despereaux want before the guards lead him to the dungeon?
(a) A last word with the Princess.
(b) A change of clothes.
(c) A last meal.
(d) A piece of cheese.

15. How much thread does the threadmaster use?
(a) Just enough for the neck.
(b) Enough to wrap around his waist twice.
(c) Enough to use as a rope if twined together.
(d) Just enough to wrap around his finger twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other crime did he commit that he wasn't caught for?

2. What does the beating of the drum tell the Mouse Council members?

3. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?

4. Where does he fall to?

5. What happens when he realizes this truth?

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