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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roscuro tell Mig about?
(a) The first time he saw the Princess.
(b) The best soup he ever ate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Mig tell the Princess she really wants?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her ma.
(c) Her home.
(d) Her pa.

3. What do the rats want Roscuro to do?
(a) Give Mig to them.
(b) Leave the dungeon.
(c) Give the Princess to them.
(d) Hand over the mousie.

4. What is the Princess suddenly aware of?
(a) How tough Despereaux is.
(b) How smart Mig is underneath it all.
(c) How fragile her heart is.
(d) How fragile Roscuro is.

5. What does Botticelli claim to love?
(a) When mice and rats fight.
(b) When mice come to the dungeon.
(c) The idea that a fight might break out.
(d) The sight of the Princess in the dungeon.

6. What does the Princess ask Mig?
(a) How long she has been alone.
(b) How she would punish Botticelli.
(c) What she really wants.
(d) What she would do if she was the Princess.

7. Why does Boticelli agree to help Despereaux?
(a) To show Roscuro how to behave.
(b) To torture him.
(c) To stay any possible execution by the King's men.
(d) To redeem himself and his breed.

8. As the years pass, what does Mig hope?
(a) To earn a way to the castle.
(b) To be with father again.
(c) To find her place in life.
(d) To see the Princess again.

9. What does Roscuro smell on Despereaux's whiskers?
(a) Blood.
(b) Fear.
(c) Soup.
(d) Tears.

10. What was the King dreaming as Pea is led down to the dungeon?
(a) That the royal family was out for a ride through the Kingdom.
(b) That he and the queen were having soup.
(c) That they were entertaining in the banquet hall.
(d) That the queen was a bird with green and gold feathers.

11. Why does Roscuro get frustrated?
(a) Because Mig is not forceful enough.
(b) Because Mig changes her mind.
(c) Because Mig doesn't tell the Princess what he wants her to.
(d) Because the Princess refuses to listen.

12. What dark things are in Pea's heart?
(a) Hatred for Roscuro and pity for Mig.
(b) Disgust for the filth that Roscuro represented.
(c) Hatred for Mig and Roscuro, and pity for her mother.
(d) Hatred for Roscuro and sadness that her mother was gone.

13. What does Roscuro ask Despereaux to do?
(a) Show him where the soup is.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Bring him some soup too.
(d) Leave him alone.

14. What does Mig want Despereaux to do?
(a) Sit still.
(b) Climb onto her hand.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Skedaddle.

15. What does the Princess say to Despereaux?
(a) You are a true gentleman.
(b) You are the bravest mouse I've ever seen.
(c) You are a Prince.
(d) You are my knight with a shining needle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roscuro do when Despereaux arrives to save the Princess?

2. What does the Princess want Despereaux to do?

3. Where is Mig supposed to take the Princess?

4. What is the Princess making?

5. How old are both the Princess and Mig now?

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