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edMe Reading Companion app for The Tale of Despereaux(TM). It has high-quality formative questions to ensure that your student gets the most out of this great book.

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Question #4

Look at the section of chapter forty–three where Despereaux stops to consider what he must do. Kate DiCamillo writes, "Despereaux was filled with an icky feeling of despair."

In this context, what does "icky" mean?





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Question #3

Roscuro tells Mig a different plan than the one he actually means to carry out.

What does Mig believe their plan is?





Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

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A small taste

What is chapter thirty–seven mainly about?

Roscuro orders the princess to look at him.

What is the next thing he asks for?

What does Pea ask for help doing?

At the end of chapter thirty–seven, Pea whispers that she has not forgotten two things.

What are the two things?

Look at the section in chapter thirty–seven where Roscuro smiles at the princess showing his "truly hideous teeth".

In this context, what does "hideous" mean?

In the same quote as the previous question, why does Kate DiCamillo use the phrase "truly hideous"?

Look at the section of chapter thirty–seven where Roscuro tells the princess to hurry up. Roscuro says, "We must take our little journey while it is still dark and while the rest of the castle sleeps on—ignorant, oh so ignorant, I am afraid, of your fate."

In this context, what does "ignorant" mean?

Were there any events that weren't clear to you?