View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Princess say to Despereaux?

2. What does Mig want to wear?

3. What does the Princess want Despereaux to do?

4. What is the threadmaster's name?

5. What is the Princess making?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

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

4. What does Despereaux find the Cook doing when he manages to roll the thread as far as the kitchen?

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

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

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

8. What does Miggery tell Gregory that attracts the attention of Roscuro, and why is Roscuro interested?

9. Who does Despereaux run into on his way to find the King?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lester approach the Mouse Council? What is he hoping to accomplish? What is the fate decreed by the Mouse Council for Despereaux. What members of Despereaux's family are only too happy to participate in Despereaux's punishment?

Essay Topic 2

What is Despereaux's biggest concern as he is being led to the dungeon? What is significant about the guards that are escorting him? What consideration does he ask for? Is his last request granted? Why is it so important to Despereaux?

Essay Topic 3

Where is Mig taken? What positions is she given? Which is first and why is she determined to be unsuitable for it? What positions do they try her in afterward? What happens in each of them? What position is she finally deemed suitable for? How does Mig feel about it and why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,087 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample