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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. Who does Mig see on her seventh birthday?
(a) Her sister.
(b) The Royal family.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

3. What does the cook tell Mig she still must do?
(a) Clear the tray.
(b) Wash the walls.
(c) Sweep the floor.
(d) Wash the dishes.

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

5. What happens when Mig tries to curtsy?
(a) She falls over.
(b) She scares the Princess.
(c) She falls into the Princess.
(d) She loses the thread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Princess say to Despereaux?

2. How does Mig try to help?

3. What does Mig decide she wants to be someday?

4. Why couldn't Mig be a lady in waiting?

5. What is the Princess suddenly aware of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roscuro tell Mig that changes her life?

2. Who does Despereaux run into on his way to find the King?

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

4. What other positions does Miggery hold and why don't they work out?

5. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

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

7. Why is Miggery not nearly as disturbed by the dungeon as most others are?

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

9. What did Miggery see when she was seven years old, and how did it affect her?

10. How does the Princess recognize who Roscuro is, and what does she do about it?

(see the answer keys)

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