The Tale of Despereaux

Look at the underlined word below. "The red thread of death?" repeated Despereaux in a small voice. "Wearing the red thread of death" was a terrible phrase, but the mouse didn't have long to consider its implications, because he was suddenly pushed from behind by the hooded mice. What does the underlined word mean in the sentence?

• consequences or effects

• thoughts of happiness

• the liking of fabric

• a dreadful feeling

What broke Roscuro's heart?

• The death of the queen

• He lost his best friend

• A look the princess gave him

• The prisoner's story

What does Despereaux's name mean?

• Death

• Despair

• Desire

• Donut

Despereaux exclaims that he is going on a ________ to save the Princess Pea.

• adventure

• mission

• quest

• trip

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 Despereaux was a rat

• he thought that Despereaux 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