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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Despereaux's destiny?
(a) To meet the rats.
(b) To find his real true love.
(c) To leave the area.
(d) To live in the castle.
2. Where does the Mouse Council want to send Despereaux?
(a) To the dungeon.
(b) To another colony.
(c) To the King.
(d) To the Princess.
3. What makes the Princess cry?
(a) Her father yells at Despereaux.
(b) Her father banishes Despereaux from the castle.
(c) Her father fears Despereaux.
(d) Her father condemns Despereaux to death.
4. What else did the King order?
(a) That rats be banished.
(b) That Roscuro be found and punished.
(c) That all the rats be killed.
(d) That mice be allowed.
5. Why does Gregory save Despereaux?
(a) Because he spoke of love.
(b) Because Gregory is lonely.
(c) Because of his big ears.
(d) Because he can tell stories.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the King do after his Queen died?
2. What does Roscuro stumble into when he leaves the dungeon?
3. What broke Roscuro's heart?
4. How does the Princess describe Despereaux's ears?
5. What incredible thing happens when the Princess smiles at Despereaux?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Despereaux's behavior get him into trouble?
2. Why was the killing of rats unsuccessful, and what did the King do?
3. How did the mice get to the dungeon?
4. What are the ways in which Despereaux is considered to be a disappointment or different, and by whom?
5. What is the crime that led to the new prisoner being brought down to the dungeon?
6. What is the first thing that Despereaux is aware of after he is pushed down the dungeon steps by Furlough and the second guard?
7. What happens when Princess Pea notices him swinging from the chandelier?
8. What does the King do after his beloved Queen dies?
9. What happens when the King orders that all of the rats be killed?
10. Why does Despereaux refuse to renounce his actions in front of the Mouse Council?
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