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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 Botticelli really intend to do with Despereaux?

2. What job is Mig given on her first day?

3. What does the Princess say to Despereaux?

4. What happens to the thread?

5. What do the rats want Roscuro to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Roscuro give up?

5. Why is Miggery not nearly as disturbed by the dungeon as most others are?

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

7. What happens when the cook sees a mouse in the kitchen?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Despereaux get back to the light? What does he overhear on the way? What happens that almost costs him his life? What part of himself does he lose in the process? Where does he hide afterward? How long is he there? What is different about his appearance when he comes out?

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