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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Despereax notices about the dungeon?
(a) The thick walls.
(b) The odd sounds.
(c) The bad smell.
(d) The water.

2. Who arrived at the castle on the same evening?
(a) Gimmery Gow.
(b) Miggery Sow.
(c) Simmery Yow.
(d) Siggery Mow.

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

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

5. What does Antoinette call out as Despereaux is led away?
(a) Adieu (Farewell).
(b) Have mercy.
(c) Be brave.
(d) Take me.

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

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

8. What does Botticelli do when the door opens to admit a prisoner?
(a) He looks away from the light at the door.
(b) He runs into the darkness.
(c) He runs to get Roscuro.
(d) He runs to get Gregory.

9. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Furlough.
(d) Geoffrey.

10. What does Despereaux decide he must do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Be brave.
(c) Hide.
(d) Sing.

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

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

13. Why does the jailer have a rope around his ankle?
(a) To remind him that he is a prisoner.
(b) To keep him from falling into a deep hole.
(c) To guide him back to the beginning.
(d) To tie up prisoners with.

14. 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 find a friend for Despereaux.
(d) That she wanted to save Despereaux.

15. Where does the Mouse Council want to send Despereaux?
(a) To the Princess.
(b) To the King.
(c) To the dungeon.
(d) To another colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mice are in the Mouse Council.

2. What does Roscuro stumble into when he leaves the dungeon?

3. What does Despereaux's mother put on in honor of her youngest mouse being taken to the dungeon?

4. How does the Princess describe Despereaux's ears?

5. What does Roscuro climb to?

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