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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Despereaux make some light as he goes down into the dungeon?
(a) He sings himself a song.
(b) He thinks about the Princess.
(c) He tells himself a story.
(d) He practices with his needle sword.

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

3. Why does Pea tell them she cannot be threatened?
(a) She is a Princess.
(b) She has guards in the castle.
(c) Her father will find ou.
(d) Mig would never hurt her.

4. What is all but gone as a result?
(a) Her will to live.
(b) Her symmetry.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her hearing.

5. What does Roscuro want Pea to dress in?
(a) The gown she wore at the banquet.
(b) Her royal robe.
(c) Mig's peasant dress.
(d) Her traveling clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is Mig given on her first day?

2. What choice is 'Uncle' given?

3. What do the soldiers do with Mig?

4. What color is the Princess's horse?

5. What does Mig drop into the pound cake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Roscuro give up?

2. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

3. What happens when the soldiers come to Uncle's house?

4. When the King refuses to believe Despereaux, what does he do?

5. What do Roscuro and Mig ask the Princess to do before they take her down to the dungeon?

6. What is Miggery Sow's life like with the man her father sold her to?

7. What is the cook's response when Despereaux falls out of the napkin and into a measuring cup full of oil?

8. What is Mig supposed to do with the food she takes down to the dungeon?

9. How does Roscuro introduce himself to Miggery and what does he tell her?

10. How does Roscuro lose his tail?

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