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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Basta carve into a dresser so that Mo will know who has taken Meggie and Fenoglio?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A ransom note.
(c) Capricorn's name.
(d) His name.

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

3. What does Capricorn want Meggie for?
(a) To force her father to read for him.
(b) To force Resa to be loyal to him.
(c) To force Dustfinger to remain his servant.
(d) To force her to read for him.

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

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

6. What does Mo do for a living?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Bookbinding.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Farming.

7. What is Mo doing when Meggie wakes in chapter 2?
(a) Reading aloud.
(b) Singing.
(c) Packing.
(d) Making lunch.

8. How does Meggie plan to get Mo back, as explained in chapter 10?
(a) Trade Elinor for him.
(b) Sneak him out of Capricorn's village.
(c) Simply ask Capricorn to release him.
(d) Trade him for the book.

9. In what point of view is this novel written?
(a) Authorial voice.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

10. Who is Long John Silver?
(a) Capricorn's cousin.
(b) The evil pirate from Treasure Island.
(c) Mo's favorite literary character.
(d) A friend of Capricorn's.

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

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

13. What happens first thing in the morning in chapter 17?
(a) Meggie is set free.
(b) Two men come to take Mo, Meggie, and Elinor to Capricorn.
(c) Dustfinger rescues Mo, Meggie, and Elinor.
(d) Meggie sees Resa for the first time.

14. What excuse for school does Mo ask Meggie in chapter 2 if he has used already?
(a) Cousin's funeral.
(b) Dead grandmother.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Measles.

15. 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) Meggie.
(b) His fear of Basta.
(c) His fear of Capricorn.
(d) Dustfinger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Capricorn initially want Mo to read out of books for him?

2. What does Meggie think Mo was more concerned about during his kidnapping than her?

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

4. How does Mo justify breaking his promise to Dustfinger in chapter 25?

5. What does Dustfinger think to himself in chapter 11 that no one can protect Meggie from?

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