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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. What does Despereaux want before the guards lead him to the dungeon?
(a) A last word with the Princess.
(b) A last meal.
(c) A piece of cheese.
(d) A change of clothes.

2. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?
(a) The cold and the dark.
(b) The maze and the cold.
(c) The rats and the maze.
(d) The rats and other prisoners.

3. What were the last words the Queen spoke?
(a) There is a rat in my soup.
(b) There is a rat in the dining hall.
(c) There is a rat on the loose.
(d) That rat is at play.

4. How does the Princess describe Despereaux's ears?
(a) Like rose petals.
(b) Like remnants of silk.
(c) Like bits of cotton.
(d) Like small pieces of velvet.

5. What is Despereaux's destiny?
(a) To live in the castle.
(b) To find his real true love.
(c) To meet the rats.
(d) To leave the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Despereaux do in the library?

2. How does Gregory see in the darkness?

3. What do the threadmaster and Despereaux have in common?

4. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?

5. What is the new prisoner being jailed for?

(see the answer key)

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