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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. When the Princess sees him and calls out, what does Roscuro realize?
2. Why does a piece of red string get tied around Despereaux's neck?
3. What is the meaning of life according to Botticelli?
4. What does the beating of the drum tell the Mouse Council members?
5. What is Despereaux's father's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the King respond to the Princess when she declares that she intends to keep Despereaux and that she believes that they will be best friends?
2. How does Antoinette react as the last of her babies is being taken to the dungeon?
3. What other crime did the prisoner admit to committing for which he was never caught or punished?
4. How did the mice get to the dungeon?
5. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?
6. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?
7. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?
8. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?
9. What is the first thing that Despereaux is aware of after he is pushed down the dungeon steps by Furlough and the second guard?
10. What are the ways in which Despereaux is considered to be a disappointment or different, and by whom?
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
What does Mig see on her seventh birthday? How does she respond? What does she do when her presence is acknowledged? Why? What dream does this instill in Mig? Who does she share her dream with, and what is their response?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Lester approach the Mouse Council? What is he hoping to accomplish? What is the fate decreed by the Mouse Council for Despereaux. What members of Despereaux's family are only too happy to participate in Despereaux's punishment?
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