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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 does the Princess say to Despereaux?

2. What does Mig ask her to wear?

3. What does Botticelli really intend to do with Despereaux?

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

5. What happens when Mig tries to curtsy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Despereaux wakes the following morning?

3. What happens when the soldiers come to Uncle's house?

4. What happens while Despereaux sleeps on the sack of flour?

5. What is the Princess dreaming about when Mig and Roscuro sneak into her room to take her to the dungeon at knife point?

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

7. What is Miggery Sow's life like with the man her father sold her to?

8. Why does Roscuro give up?

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

10. What happens to Miggery Sow after her mother dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Despereaux realize when he confronts the Mouse Council? Who asks him for something and what is he asked for? What understanding does Despereaux come to as this request is considered? Where does he go next? What conversation convinces him he must act on his own? Who does he approach for help? What does he need and why? What is he given?

Essay Topic 2

What behavior does Despereaux exhibit that is unusual? How do his siblings from former litters attempt to help him? What is the outcome of their help? Why is Despereaux seemingly unable to conform and do what is expected of him? What does he do instead?

Essay Topic 3

When is the first time that Chiaroscuro sees light? Why is he shown this light? What happened that caused this incident? How does Chiaroscuro feel afterward? What is the focus of his attention from that point forward and why?

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