Tale of Despereaux Chapters 39 & 40

What happened to Gregory?

• He got lost in the dungeon and died.

• He got lost.

• He broke his leg.

• He stopped Roscuro and Mig.

Who were the king's men looking for down in the dungeon?

• Roscuro

• Mig

• Princess Pea

• Gregory

Why was cook crying?

• because she burned the dinner

• because the princess was gone

• because her cat died

• because she hurt herself

Who comforted Despereaux when he found out that the princess was missing?

• Cook

• Mig

• Gregory

• no one

What was Despereaux' plan?

• go to the dungeon to look for the princess

• to run away from the castle

• to get his brother to help him

• find the king

Where did Despereux go first to look for the king?

• the kitchen

• the throne room

• the dungeon

• upstairs

Who did Despereux find instead of the king?

• Mig

• Roscuro

• a knight

• the mouse council

What did the head mouse think when he saw Despereaux?

• he thought that Despereux was a ghost

• he thought that he was a strange mouse that had come to visit

• he thought that Despereux was a rat

• he thought that Despereux had come to get revenge on the council

Why did the mouse council think Despereux was a ghost?

• because they knew that Despereux was dead

• because he was covered in flour and he had the red thread around his neck that looked like blood.

• because they were dreaming

• because the king had told them so

Why did Despereux think that his father had aged so much in only a few days?

• his father had wrinkles

• his father walked with a cane

• his father had some gray fur

• his father was pale