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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last of the great, ancient rules of mice?
(a) Never touch humans.
(b) Never allow humans to touch a mouse.
(c) Never speak to humans.
(d) Never reveal a mouse's house to a human.

2. What does Botticelli have on a long, braided rope?
(a) A locket.
(b) A pearl.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A gold chunk.

3. What does Despereaux decide he must do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Hide.
(c) Be brave.
(d) Sing.

4. What broke Roscuro's heart?
(a) That he would never be welcome in the light.
(b) The look the Princess gave him.
(c) The way the King cried for his wife.
(d) That he would not be a guest at the party.

5. 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 keep him from falling into a deep hole.
(d) To tie up prisoners with.

6. Why is Gregory in the dungeon?
(a) He is the jailer.
(b) He was caught stealing.
(c) He was a guard caught sleeping on shift.
(d) He spilled the soup in the king's lap.

7. How long has Gregory been in the dungeon?
(a) Six months or so.
(b) For decades, for centuries, for eons, for eternities.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five or six years, he isn't exactly sure.

8. Who arrived at the castle on the same evening?
(a) Siggery Mow.
(b) Gimmery Gow.
(c) Miggery Sow.
(d) Simmery Yow.

9. What does the jailer show Despereaux?
(a) A pile of love letters.
(b) A pile of spoons, kettle and soup bowls.
(c) A pile of old photographs.
(d) A pile of bones.

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

11. What did Despereaux do instead of searching for food like the rest?
(a) He read.
(b) He listened to the music.
(c) He explored.
(d) He slept.

12. What happens when he realizes this truth?
(a) He falls from the chandelier he is hanging on.
(b) He falls from the tree.
(c) He is hit with a broom.
(d) He is caught by the king.

13. What does the light do to Roscuro?
(a) Makes him turn away.
(b) Blinds him.
(c) Fills him with sadness.
(d) Fills him with wonder.

14. What does Roscuro find on the floor?
(a) The Queen's broach.
(b) A butter knife.
(c) A single shoe.
(d) The Queen's soup spoon.

15. What does Roscuro climb to?
(a) The book shelf.
(b) The chandelier.
(c) The serving table.
(d) A tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gregory see in the darkness?

2. What else did the King order?

3. What did Furlough not see the Princess do?

4. What is the rope necklace Botticelli wears the locket on made from?

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

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