The Tale of Despereaux

Why was disappointment his Mother favorite word?

• Despereaux was died and she was sad

• His mother had 50 mouse babies and all of them were happy

• Despereaux was the only mouse born alive. He was small, had big ears and his eyes were open

• She learned that word at school

Despereaux could hear sounds. He said that it sounded like

• Music

• Birds

• Jelly

• Honey

Despereaux refuses to eat the book. Instead of eating the pages of the book, Despereaux_________the book.

Despereaux's brother and sister tried to teach him about being a mouse. What is Despereaux's brother name?

• Furlough

• John

• Mister

• Tim

What did the King think Despereaux was?

• A bug

• A spider

• An ant

• A butterfly

Who told that Despereaux was talking to humans?

• His sister

• His brother

• His Uncle

• His Mom

Who called the mouse council meeting?

• His Aunt

• His Uncle

• His Mother

• His Father

Who held the door open to the dungeon so Despereaux could go down to the dungeon?

• the king

• Roscuro

• Cook

• Gregory

What was cook doing when Despereaux got to the kitchen?

• baking a cake

• making soup

• baking bread

• chopping vegetables

Why wasn't Cook upset about Despereaux being in her kitchen?

• She hates mice

• She is afraid of mice

• She thought Despereaux might get in her soup.

• she was so relieved that it wasn't the king's soldiers coming to arrest her for making soup