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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left to guard over Meggie and Fenoglio in chapter 36?

2. What was the first thing Darius recalls reading out of a book?

3. What does Farid say his job was in his other life?

4. Who brings Meggie the copy of Inkheart in chapter 56?

5. What does Mo discover Capricorn's henchmen have taken from their makeshift camp while they hide in a cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meggie try to tell Dustfinger in chapter 49 that she is unable to convey due to Basta's presence?

2. Where does Dustfinger hide in chapter 52? What does he find there?

3. Why do Capricorn's remaining men run away in chapter 57?

4. What language does Mo write a note in for Meggie in chapter 42? Why has he chosen this language?

5. In chapter 39, how does Capricorn explain his choice of punishments for Dustfinger and Resa?

6. What does Mo find in Dustfinger's backpack that helps him understand Dustfinger's behaviors recently?

7. What condition does Basta give in chapter 45 when he agrees to give the author pen and paper?

8. In chapter 43, Dustfinger thinks about his impending death and has an idea that it will allow him to return home. Why? Where is home?

9. What does Mo find in the hiding place that Farid leads him to in chapter 51?

10. What does Dustfinger recall in chapter 31 teaching Capricorn and now regrets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Resa? What is wrong with her? How does Dustfinger know her? What is the nature of their relationship? Does Resa know that she was from our world before she was transported to Inkheart? How did Resa leave Inkheart? What does Meggie think the first time she sees her? What does Mo think when he sees a picture of Resa from Dustfinger's backpack? What happens to Resa at the end of the novel? How does this resolve part of the conflict that has existed since the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Farid? Where did he come from? Why does Farid initially refuse to speak? How does he come to realize that the world around him is now his reality? Why does he spend all his time with Dustfinger? What does he want Dustfinger to teach him? How does Farid help Mo rescue Meggie, Resa, and Elinor at the end of the novel? Where does Farid go when the novel reaches its conclusion? For what reason? What does this suggest for Farid's future?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Meggie? What great love does she share with her father? How did Meggie learn to read? Why does her father never read aloud to her? What is her book box? Who made it? What does it contain? Where did the lining of the box come from? Why do Meggie and her father travel so much? How does Meggie feel about this? What does Meggie learn from Dustfinger is the real reason for their frequent moves? What else does Dustfinger reveal to Meggie that she did not know before?

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