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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the rope necklace Botticelli wears the locket on made from?
2. What one thing must all mice do?
3. What does Roscuro do that gets him into trouble with Gregory?
4. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?
5. Who is the first to notice him there?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Antoinette react as the last of her babies is being taken to the dungeon?
2. What fascination does Roscuro develop even though he is told it is not proper?
3. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?
4. What does the threadmaster ask Despereaux as he is doing his job?
5. What does Despereaux suddenly find unbearable, and what does he ask the guards?
6. In what ways do Despereaux's siblings attempt to educate him on how to be a mouse?
7. What other crime did the prisoner admit to committing for which he was never caught or punished?
8. Why was the killing of rats unsuccessful, and what did the King do?
9. What are the basic rules of being a mouse that Despereaux breaks when he hears the music?
10. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who takes an interest in him almost immediately, and why? What does his savior want from him? Why does Despereaux ask to be released? What changes his mind? What is he told about the layout of the dungeon? How does his savior overcome this obstacle?
Essay Topic 2
When is the first time that Chiaroscuro sees light? Why is he shown this light? What happened that caused this incident? How does Chiaroscuro feel afterward? What is the focus of his attention from that point forward and why?
Essay Topic 3
How does the Queen lose her life? What is the King's reaction? What two things does he outlaw as a result of the Queen's death and why? Which of these two things is easily outlawed and which is the King forced to simply make illegal instead? Why?
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