View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the thread?
(a) The threadmaster wants it back.
(b) Despereaux can't find it in the kitchen after the soup.
(c) Despereaux loses it on the stairs as it falls ahead of him.
(d) Botticelli steals it from him.

2. What is the Princess making?
(a) A cape.
(b) A dress for the ball.
(c) A tapestry of the history of the world.
(d) A new tablecloth.

3. What color is the Princess's horse?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Gold.
(d) Brown.

4. What does the man who owns Mig tell her that he wishes?
(a) That he could find her father.
(b) That he'd never bought her.
(c) That he had another daughter like her.
(d) That he could put her to work.

5. What does Mig remind the Princess?
(a) That soup is illegal.
(b) That they have no weapons.
(c) That they are friends now.
(d) That they can't find their way out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cook offer Despereaux?

2. As the years pass, what does Mig hope?

3. What is the threadmaster's name?

4. Why does Pea tell them she cannot be threatened?

5. What was the King dreaming as Pea is led down to the dungeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

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

3. What happens when the cook sees a mouse in the kitchen?

4. What does Miggery tell Gregory that attracts the attention of Roscuro, and why is Roscuro interested?

5. What does Despereaux find the Cook doing when he manages to roll the thread as far as the kitchen?

6. Why does Roscuro give up?

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

8. What deal does the Princess make with Roscuro?

9. What happens while Despereaux sleeps on the sack of flour?

10. How does Roscuro lose his tail?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,045 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample