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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new prisoner being jailed for?

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

3. What does Roscuro find on the floor?

4. What does Despereaux discover the sound to be?

5. What does Roscuro offer to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the crime that led to the new prisoner being brought down to the dungeon?

3. What does the King do after his beloved Queen dies?

4. What are the basic rules of being a mouse that Despereaux breaks when he hears the music?

5. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?

6. How does Despereaux's behavior get him into trouble?

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

8. How did the mice get to the dungeon?

9. What is the first thing that Despereaux is aware of after he is pushed down the dungeon steps by Furlough and the second guard?

10. What does Roscuro discover when he works up the courage to go upstairs into the light?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the reason that Despereaux is being punished? What cardinal rules did he break? How might he have resolved the situation or avoided it entirely? What part of Despereaux's behavior does the Mouse Council consider to be unacceptable, and why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Roscuro get upstairs into the light? What does he see when he gets there? What rooms does he visit? Which room does he become drawn into and what attracts his attention? Where does he go to get a closer look? Who sees him first and what is the response?

Essay Topic 3

Who takes an interest in him almost immediately, and why? What does his savior want from him? Why does Despereaux ask to be released? What changes his mind? What is he told about the layout of the dungeon? How does his savior overcome this obstacle?

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