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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the police react in chapter 8 when Meggie tells them to search for Capricorn?
(a) They ignore her and file a report using only the information Elinor gave them.
(b) They apparently think she is joking.
(c) They ask Elinor why Meggie is not in bed.
(d) They put out an APB.

2. Why does Mo explain in chapter 16 he decided to never read aloud from a book again?
(a) When he realized he could not save Teresa.
(b) When Dustfinger begged Mo not to kill him.
(c) When he discovered a transparent man in his living room.
(d) When he discovered he had read the mailman into Inkheart.

3. What promise does Mo make to Dustfinger in chapter 23 and again in chapter 24?
(a) That he will not tell the author about him.
(b) That he will not leave him alone in the village.
(c) That he will not allow Farid to go off with him.
(d) That he will give him a copy of Inkheart.

4. What is Mo's sign that he places on all the books he rebinds?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A mustang.
(c) A unicorn's head.
(d) Intertwined letters, MF.

5. What does Elinor warn Dustfinger she does at exactly nine thirty every evening?
(a) Lock the front door.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Turn on the alarm system.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Elinor stay in the village with Mo and Meggie before deciding to return home in chapter 22?

2. What does Elinor hope to have Mo do when he finally comes to live with her?

3. What does Capricorn believe Mo is?

4. Why does Elinor insist on taking her own car to Capricorn's village in chapter 12?

5. In chapter 10, Meggie blames all the bad things that have happened in the past three days on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Farid insist on returning to Capricorn's village with Dustfinger in chaper 26?

2. What does Mo say in chapter 16 when Meggie asks if her mother will like living inside Inkheart?

3. Why does Meggie read aloud from a book of poetry in chapter 23?

4. How does Dustfinger justify in chapter 12 his telling Mo that Capricorn was in the north when in reality he was in the south?

5. What joke does Dustfinger make at the end of chapter 10 when Elinor insists on going with Dustfinger and Meggie to Capricorn's village?

6. When Meggie tells Mo that she sees someone outside the bedroom window, what book does he accuse her of reading before going to sleep?

7. In chapter 23, what does Dustfinger catch Farid doing? What does he say about it?

8. In chapter 13, what does Dustfinger tell Elinor about her personality based on her interests and the stories she likes to tell?

9. What does Dustfinger attempt to learn about the book, Inkheart, but fails to find out?

10. What does Mo tell Meggie in chapter 22 that people often do not think about when it comes to books?

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