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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 meaning of life according to Botticelli?

2. What did Furlough not see the Princess do?

3. What does Despereaux wonder about that chills him?

4. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?

5. What does the threadmaster tell Despereaux to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the King orders that all of the rats be killed?

2. How does Despereaux's behavior get him into trouble?

3. How did the mice get to the dungeon?

4. What is the purpose of the Mouse Council?

5. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?

6. When Despereaux faints, what does he wake up to see?

7. What does the King do after his beloved Queen dies?

8. Why does the jailer tell Despereaux that he definitely does not want to be let go in this place?

9. What does Roscuro discover when he works up the courage to go upstairs into the light?

10. How does Antoinette react as the last of her babies is being taken to the dungeon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when the soldiers come to the Uncle's house? What items are they dispatched to collect and why? How does he respond to their request? What information does he inadvertently give them that costs him even more? What does it cost him and why?

Essay Topic 2

What does Despereaux realize when he confronts the Mouse Council? Who asks him for something and what is he asked for? What understanding does Despereaux come to as this request is considered? Where does he go next? What conversation convinces him he must act on his own? Who does he approach for help? What does he need and why? What is he given?

Essay Topic 3

What changes occur in Mig as a result of her new circumstances? What does she lose as a direct result of her Uncle? What problems arise as a result? How does this affect her directly on a physical level? On an emotional level?

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