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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sign does Elinor find in her library that tells her where to look for her beloved books?
(a) An arrow pointing out the garden windows.
(b) A large C.
(c) A symbol of a unicorn's head.
(d) A note written in ash by Basta.

3. Who gave Dustfinger the scars on his face?
(a) Basta.
(b) Flatnose.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Mortola.

4. Why does Basta refuse to believe in chapter 30 that Fenoglio is the author of Inkheart?
(a) He thinks Fenoglio is not clever enough.
(b) He thinks the author is dead and gone.
(c) He thinks Fenoglio is too old to be that clever.
(d) He does not believe his story was written by a human.

5. What memories does Meggie awaken in Elinor in chapter 8?
(a) Memories of Teresa, Meggie's mother.
(b) A love of good books Elinor has always had.
(c) Her father's obsession with his books and her play time with her sisters.
(d) Memories of her own mother.

6. Why did Mo once promise Meggie burglars would never break into their house?
(a) There was nothing to steal.
(b) They could not break the locks.
(c) They live too far out in the country.
(d) They could not beat the alarm system.

7. Who does Dustfinger say is happy to be out of Inkheart and living in our world?
(a) Farid.
(b) Basta.
(c) Gwin.
(d) Capricorn.

8. What reason does Mo tell Meggie is why he does not go back to Capricorn's village to retrieve the last copy of Inkheart?
(a) His fear of Capricorn.
(b) His fear of Basta.
(c) Dustfinger.
(d) Meggie.

9. What does Meggie do in chapter 14 to try to give herself courage?
(a) Be brave for Elinor.
(b) Think of a hero from her books.
(c) Think of what her father would do in her position.
(d) Think of how Dustfinger would expect her to act.

10. What one room in her house does Elinor not keep books?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The attic.
(d) The bedroom.

11. Who stops the dogs from attacking Mo initially in chapter 21?
(a) Flatnose.
(b) Elinor.
(c) Meggie.
(d) Dustfinger.

12. What is Elinor's biggest fear as she and the others escape into the hills above the village where her car had a flat tire?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Basta.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Capricorn.

13. What is the name of Dustfinger's killer in the book Inkheart?
(a) Basta.
(b) It is never revealed.
(c) Mortola.
(d) Flatnose.

14. Who do Meggie and Elinor find behind door number four in Capricorn's jail behind the church?
(a) Dustfinger.
(b) Resa.
(c) Basta.
(d) Mo.

15. Who does Mo tell Meggie Fenoglio is in chapter 22?
(a) The writer of Inkheart.
(b) A bookseller.
(c) The author of a book about silvertongues.
(d) A book collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Capricorn want Meggie for?

2. In chapter 30, how does Basta tell Meggie he and Flatnose found her and Mo?

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

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

5. What is Mo doing in the Treasury when Meggie walks in chapter 2?

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