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

2. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?
(a) Card games.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) Humans.
(d) Cats.

3. What does Roscuro stumble into when he leaves the dungeon?
(a) A birthday.
(b) A party in the banquet hall.
(c) Another rat.
(d) A soccer game.

4. What happens to Roscuro as a result of seeing the light from the match?
(a) He longs for more light.
(b) He's blinded.
(c) He has a headache from the light.
(d) He's afraid of the light.

5. Why does Gregory save Despereaux?
(a) Because he spoke of love.
(b) Because of his big ears.
(c) Because Gregory is lonely.
(d) Because he can tell stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Despereaux reveal himself to?

2. What does Furlough see that makes him think that Despereaux is a goner?

3. What is the meaning of life according to Botticelli?

4. What one thing must all mice do?

5. What part of Despereaux is complimented by the first human he meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?

2. Why does Despereaux refuse to renounce his actions in front of the Mouse Council?

3. Why was the killing of rats unsuccessful, and what did the King do?

4. What causes Despereaux to fall in love with the Princess?

5. In what ways do Despereaux's siblings attempt to educate him on how to be a mouse?

6. When Despereaux faints, what does he wake up to see?

7. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?

8. How does the King respond to the Princess when she declares that she intends to keep Despereaux and that she believes that they will be best friends?

9. What does the threadmaster ask Despereaux as he is doing his job?

10. What are the ways in which Despereaux is considered to be a disappointment or different, and by whom?

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