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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 Mig cut off with the large knife?
2. What does Despereaux hold onto as Botticelli takes him deep into the dungeon?
3. What does Despereaux dream of?
4. What does the man who owns Mig tell her that he wishes?
5. What does the soldier tell 'Uncle' is against the law?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Miggery do in the castle?
2. Who does Despereaux run into on his way to find the King?
3. What is the cook's response when Despereaux falls out of the napkin and into a measuring cup full of oil?
4. When the King refuses to believe Despereaux, what does he do?
5. What is Mig supposed to do with the food she takes down to the dungeon?
6. What deal does the Princess make with Roscuro?
7. What is Miggery Sow's life like with the man her father sold her to?
8. Why does Roscuro give up?
9. What do Roscuro and Mig ask the Princess to do before they take her down to the dungeon?
10. How does Roscuro lose his tail?
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
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
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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