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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. Who does Despereaux reveal himself to?
(a) The King.
(b) Princess Pea.
(c) Prince Lester.
(d) The Mouse Council.

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

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

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

5. What do the guards tell Antoinette will happen to her son?
(a) The rats will eat him.
(b) He will starve to death.
(c) He will be a slave.
(d) He will become an albino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which rat was born in the dungeon several years before Despereaux was born?

2. What incredible thing happens when the Princess smiles at Despereaux?

3. What broke Roscuro's heart?

4. What is the most basic and elemental rule that all mice adhere to?

5. What does the jailer show Despereaux?

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