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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. What does Despereaux hold onto as Botticelli takes him deep into the dungeon?
(a) Botticelli's hand.
(b) Botticelli's coat tail.
(c) Botticelli's tail.
(d) Botticelli's shirt tail.

2. Why couldn't Mig work as a chambermaid?
(a) She wasn't fast enough.
(b) She was too plump.
(c) She couldn't get past how beautiful it all was.
(d) She wasn't a good cleaner.

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

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

5. What does Gregory whisper to Despereaux as he wraps him in his napkin and puts him on his dinner tray?
(a) Up to the kitchen.
(b) Back to your family.
(c) Back to the light.
(d) You are free my friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roscuro ask her to do when she begins talking?

2. What does Mig want to wear?

3. What does the soldier tell 'Uncle' is against the law?

4. Why is Mig not supposed to hurt the Princess?

5. What is Mig's new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Botticelli make with Despereax when the spool of thread gets away from him on the stairs?

2. What is the Princess dreaming about when Mig and Roscuro sneak into her room to take her to the dungeon at knife point?

3. How does Despereaux come to be back in the kitchen with Mig and the cook?

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

5. What deal does the Princess make with Roscuro?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

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