The Tale of Despereaux Book the Second

What does Botticelli tell Roscuro the purpose for the life of a rat is?

• To attack humans

• To befriend mice

• To seek the light

• To cause others to suffer

What is Roscuro obsessed with?

• Light

• Pancakes

• Princess Pea

• Soup

What is Despereaux doing in the library?

• He is nibbling on the books.

• He is hiding from the Mouse Council.

• He is watching the Princess Pea.

• He is reading a fairy tale.

Why is Furlough so mad at Despereaux in the library?

• He was supposed to eat dinner with his family.

• He wanted Despereaux to go with him to look for cheese.

• He wants Despereaux to act like other mice and eat the books and hide from the light.

• He isn't really mad. He likes that Despereaux is different.

How does Antionette react to Despereaux when he is born?

• She thinks he won't live, and isn't very worried about it.

• She loves him immediately, and is worried that he seems different.

• She is angry at Lester for allowing most of the mice babies to die.

• She is sad that all the other mice babies died, but happy that Despereaux survived.

What are three things that makes Despereaux different from other mice?

• He is smaller than an average mouse.

• His ears are huge.

• All are correct.l

• He was born with his eyes open.

Who scurried to tell father the news that Despereaux was sitting at the foot of the king and the Princess was touching him?

• Lester Tilling

• Furlough Tilling

• Chiaroscuro

• Thread Master

What is the author's purpose in including the sound of the drum beating to call the Mouse Council?

• to create suspense and foreshadow trouble for Despereaux

• to excite the reader with happy beats on the drum

• to make the reader sad that Despereaux is going to get in trouble

• to create a playful mood in the reader

What attracts Despereaux to the Princess's room?

• He hears her father playing music.

• The light in the Princess's room is especially bright.

• He smells food in the Princess's room.

• There is a book in the Princess's room that he wants to read.

What form of figurative language does the author use when she writes about Lester beating on the drum?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom