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

2. What does the stranger who comes to Meggie and Mo's house in chapter 1 call Mo?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Mortimer.
(c) Boss.
(d) Silvertongue.

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

4. Who seems to be missing from Capricorn's village?
(a) The knights and dragons from the book.
(b) Specific henchmen from the book.
(c) Dustfinger and Gwin.
(d) Women and children.

5. What causes Meggie to feel a little jealous in chapter 29?
(a) Mo's admission that he hopes to marry again someday.
(b) Mo's admission that he misses his wife.
(c) Mo spending time with Fenoglio's grandkids.
(d) Mo spending time with Fenoglio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dustfinger assure Mo Capricorn has gone in chapter 3?

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

3. Where does Meggie go when she has trouble sleeping in chapter 21?

4. What does Capricorn believe Mo is?

5. What picture does the sight of Elinor's house remind Meggie of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Elinor's father like? What does this say about Elinor herself?

2. How does Dustfinger react to the sound of Meggie crying in chapter 7?

3. Whose picture does Meggie see in the book Mo gives to Elinor in chapter 5? Who does she ask about it?

4. In chapter 16, Mo tells Meggie and Elinor what happened the night he read Inkheart aloud to his wife and daughter. How did Mo try to return Capricorn and Basta to the book before finally driving them out of the house with a sword?

5. Why is Elinor not happy to see Meggie at her front door?

6. Why does Dustfinger insist in chapter 20 that they go toward the coast as they run away from Basta and Flatnose?

7. What does Dustfinger steal from Basta in chapter 21? For what reason?

8. In chapter 19, what does Mo tell Meggie to help soothe her fear and to help her sleep?

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

10. Who does Meggie use as a spy in chapter 27? For what reason?

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