The Mouse Council was upset because Despereaux had...

associated with humans and put them all in danger.

Rather than nibbling the pages of the huge book as his sister Merlot tried to teach him to do, Despereaux...

read the story of a beautiful princess and a brave knight.

Which of the following facts is not true of Despereaux when he was born within the walls of the castle?

He was one of three other siblings that lived.

In addition to the book, Despereaux enjoyed...

the light beaming from the stained-glass windows.

Furlough told on his brother when he saw Despereaux...

sitting at the king´s foot and allowing the princess to touch him.

fell in love with Princess Pea.

The honey-sweet sound that only Despereaux could hear was...

King Phillip playing his guitar and singing to his daughter.

The King did not like Despereaux because the mouse...

was a rodent and a relative to rats..

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"The Tale of Despereaux" By Kate Dicamillo

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1
The Mouse Council was upset because Despereaux had...
associated with humans and put them all in danger.
not learned all the required rules of being a mouse.
brought shame and disgrace to the whole mouse population.
taken the humans where the mice live.
2
Rather than nibbling the pages of the huge book as his sister Merlot tried to teach him to do, Despereaux...
tasted the glue on the pages.
read the story of a beautiful princess and a brave knight.
spend hours staring at the words written in gold.
preferred listening to the sound the pages made when turned.
3
Which of the following facts is not true of Despereaux when he was born within the walls of the castle?
He has donkey ears.
His eyes were open.
He was one of three other siblings that lived.
His ears were too big.
4
Who was a member of the Mouse Council that voted to send Despereaux to the dungeon?
mothet, Antoinette
sister, Merlot
father, Lester Tilling
Despereaux´s brother, Furlough
5
In addition to the book, Despereaux enjoyed...
the light beaming from the stained-glass windows.
the sounds that came from outside and through the castle late at night.
scurrying through the castle rooms with Furlough.
the smell of the crumbs from the kitchen.
6
Despereaux´s brother Furlough was not able to teach him the art of ...
whispering.
squeaking.
scrabbling.
scurrying.
7
Despereaux´s intended fate in the dungeon was to ...
starve in the darkness.
be eaten by rats.
kill the rats.
live the rest of his days as a servant to the rats.
8
Furlough told on his brother when he saw Despereaux...
spying on the king and the princess instead of gathering crumbs,
sitting at the king´s foot and allowing the princess to touch him.
smiling at the princess and kissing her on the cheek.
reading to the princess and the king.
9
Despereaux ....
thought the king looked like a knight in shining armor.
saw the princess and decided that being born a mouse was a terrible fate.
sat at the foot of the Queen.
fell in love with Princess Pea.
10
The honey-sweet sound that only Despereaux could hear was...
Princess Pea humming a lullaby that her mother had once sung.
the Queen singing to her daughter.
King Phillip playing his guitar and singing to his daughter.
a breeze blowing through the treetops in the castle garden.
11
The King did not like Despereaux because the mouse...
was a rodent and a relative to rats..
refused to tell the princess his name and where he was from.
made the princess cry.
would surely lead other mice and rats into the princess´s chamber.

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