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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 does Roscuro smell on Despereaux's whiskers?

2. What does Mig have in her left pocket?

3. What did Miggery's father get when he sold her in the marketplace?

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

5. Why does Roscuro claim to have brought the Princess downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Princess recognize who Roscuro is, and what does she do about it?

2. When does Mig dig in and refuse to help?

3. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

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

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

6. Who does Despereaux run into on his way to find the King?

7. How does Roscuro introduce himself to Miggery and what does he tell her?

8. What did Miggery see when she was seven years old, and how did it affect her?

9. Why does Roscuro give up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning of Chiaroscuro? How is this name ironic given that it was given to a rat and why? What is almost prophetic about this name? In what way are Chiaroscuro and Despereaux very similar? What character traits do they share?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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