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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 first thing Despereax notices about the dungeon?

2. What does the light do to Roscuro?

3. Why does Antoinette want no more babies?

4. How many mice has Gregory saved before Despereaux?

5. What does the beating of the drum tell the Mouse Council members?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Despereaux do in the all encompassing darkness to make himself feel brave?

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

4. Why does Despereaux refuse to renounce his actions in front of the Mouse Council?

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

6. Why did Antoinette's last word to Despereaux give him little comfort?

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

8. What other crime did the prisoner admit to committing for which he was never caught or punished?

9. What fascination does Roscuro develop even though he is told it is not proper?

10. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?

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

Why is Despereaux considered to be different than other mice when he is born? What inspires his mother to name him Despereaux? What happens to the rest of his litter mates? How does Despereaux's father respond to his birth and why? What makes Despereaux significant in their mouse family?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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