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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Despereaux recognize as one of the guards?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother Furlough.
(d) His sister Merlot.

2. When the Princess sees him and calls out, what does Roscuro realize?
(a) That no one will love him upstairs.
(b) That he does not want to be a rat.
(c) That he does no belong upstairs.
(d) That he is revered upstairs.

3. What were the last words the Queen spoke?
(a) There is a rat in the dining hall.
(b) There is a rat on the loose.
(c) That rat is at play.
(d) There is a rat in my soup.

4. What incredible thing happens when the Princess smiles at Despereaux?
(a) He hears music.
(b) He forgets he is a mouse.
(c) He discovers his destiny.
(d) He falls in love.

5. What decision does Roscuro make at that moment?
(a) That he will never go back downstairs.
(b) That he will never come back upstairs again.
(c) That he will have revenge and something beautiful.
(d) That he belongs in the dark.

6. How many mice has Gregory saved before Despereaux?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

7. 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.

8. What does Despereaux discover the sound to be?
(a) King Phillip playing a piano.
(b) King Phillip playing his guitar and singing.
(c) The Princess playing a flute.
(d) The Princess singing.

9. 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 hat.
(c) A tremendous amount of makeup.
(d) A new dress.

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

11. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?
(a) Humans.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) Cats.
(d) Card games.

12. What did Furlough first notice when Despereaux was born?
(a) His eyes were open.
(b) He never cried.
(c) He held his finger.
(d) He smiled.

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

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

15. What does Roscuro stumble into when he leaves the dungeon?
(a) A birthday.
(b) A soccer game.
(c) A party in the banquet hall.
(d) Another rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roscuro offer to do?

2. What does the jailer show Despereaux?

3. Where does he fall to?

4. Who does Lester call?

5. How does Gregory see in the darkness?

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