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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 happens to the thread?
(a) The threadmaster wants it back.
(b) Botticelli steals it from him.
(c) Despereaux loses it on the stairs as it falls ahead of him.
(d) Despereaux can't find it in the kitchen after the soup.

2. Who is the Princess dreaming about when Mig approaches?
(a) Her father.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Despereaux.
(d) Her mother.

3. What did Miggery's father get when he sold her in the marketplace?
(a) A hen, a handful of cigarettes and a red tablecloth.
(b) Three hens, a handful of red napkins and a cigarette.
(c) Six hens, a yellow tablecloth and a package of cigarettes.
(d) Two hens, a cigarette and a red napkin.

4. How does Despereaux make some light as he goes down into the dungeon?
(a) He sings himself a song.
(b) He practices with his needle sword.
(c) He tells himself a story.
(d) He thinks about the Princess.

5. What does Mig have in her left pocket?
(a) A locket.
(b) A knife.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A rat with a spoon and a cape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What didn't Mig's father do when he left her?

2. Why does Pea tell them she cannot be threatened?

3. What does Mig call the man who bought her?

4. Who's food does Mig finally get told to deliver?

5. What does Mig want to wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Roscuro give up?

2. When does Mig dig in and refuse to help?

3. Why does Mig refuse to chain the Princess up at first for Roscuro when they get to the spot where Roscuro intends to keep her?

4. What does Roscuro tell Mig that changes her life?

5. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

6. What did Miggery see when she was seven years old, and how did it affect her?

7. When the King refuses to believe Despereaux, what does he do?

8. How does Despereaux come to be back in the kitchen with Mig and the cook?

9. What is the cook's response when Despereaux falls out of the napkin and into a measuring cup full of oil?

10. What deal does Botticelli make with Despereax when the spool of thread gets away from him on the stairs?

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