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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alerts Meggie to trouble in Elinor's house in chapter 6?
(a) Elinor's disappearance.
(b) The sound of voices.
(c) The sight of men running across the garden.
(d) A change in Dustfinger's attention.

2. What doubts plague Meggie in chapter 9 as she prepares to go in search of Mo?
(a) Fear of the police.
(b) Her own safety.
(c) Where she will look.
(d) What will happen when she finds him.

3. In chapter 10, Meggie blames all the bad things that have happened in the past three days on what?
(a) Mo.
(b) Dustfinger.
(c) Elinor's collection.
(d) Mo's book.

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

5. How far does Elinor insist in chapter 4 Meggie stay from her shelves of books?
(a) Three paces.
(b) Three feet.
(c) Three yards.
(d) Three inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one room in her house does Elinor not keep books?

2. What is Meggie's favorite flower as she tells the reader in chapter 2?

3. What does the stranger who comes to Meggie and Mo's house in chapter 1 call Mo?

4. Why did Mo tell her that people become attached to favorite books?

5. How do the police react in chapter 8 when Meggie tells them to search for Capricorn?

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