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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Second: Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mice are in the Mouse Council.
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Fourteen.

2. Why does the jailer have a rope around his ankle?
(a) To guide him back to the beginning.
(b) To remind him that he is a prisoner.
(c) To tie up prisoners with.
(d) To keep him from falling into a deep hole.

3. What other crime did he commit that he wasn't caught for?
(a) He traded his son for a daughter and a blanket.
(b) He traded his daughter for a red tablecloth, a hen and a handful of cigarettes.
(c) He traded his son for a horse and a saddle.
(d) He traded his daughter for ten chickens, and a horse.

4. Why does a piece of red string get tied around Despereaux's neck?
(a) To be used as a portable sewing kit.
(b) To remember his family by.
(c) So he can use it to find his way in the dark.
(d) To mark him as a condemned mouse.

5. What does Gregory do?
(a) Locks him in a cage.
(b) Kicks him out.
(c) Chases him into the darkest part of the dungeon.
(d) Burns Roscuro's whiskers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Mouse Council want to send Despereaux?

2. How long has Gregory been in the dungeon?

3. What did the Pea announce when her father finished playing and singing?

4. What does Despereaux's mother put on in honor of her youngest mouse being taken to the dungeon?

5. What could Despereaux smell on the threadmaster's breath?

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