CHARACTERS

Kate DiCamillo chooses interesting names for her characters. See if you can find any reasons why she might have chosen the names she did by using a chart like this:

 * ==CHARACTER== || ==CHARACTER QUALITIES== || ==WHAT THE CHARACTER WANTS== || ==WHAT THE NAME MEANS== || ==WHY THAT NAME?== ||
 * Despereaux ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Antoinette ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Merlot ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Furlough ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Tilling (last name) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Princess Pea ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Gregory ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Chiaroscuro (Roscuro) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Botticelli ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Queen Rosemary ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Miggery Sow ||  ||   ||   ||   ||