The Tale of Despereaux: Chapter 16 & 17

What does the word "chiaroscuro" mean?

• Darkness and light together

• Darkness

• Light

• Dungeon

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Why is Roscuro missing his whiskers on the left side of his face?

• He got a hair cut.

• Gregory held a match close to Roscuro's face.

• Gregory plucked them out.

• He was born with whiskers only on the right side of his face.

Botticelli says the meaning of life for a rat is____________.

• Chewing on the rope of Gregory

• Darkness

• Suffering. Specifically the suffering of others.

• Light

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Roscuro did not look away from the light when the dungeon door opened.

• True

• False

Who lives upstairs?

• The rats

• Gregory

• The prisoners

• The mice

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1