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

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

3. What are Basta and Flatnose debating as they come up the hill toward Mo and company's hiding place in chapter 21?
(a) How to treat dogs.
(b) Comparing this world to the one in Inkheart.
(c) Whether this search is a wild goose chase.
(d) Capricorn's recent decisions.

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

5. What wound did Mo receive the night Capricorn, Basta and Dustfinger came out of Inkheart?
(a) A cut on his arm.
(b) A broken finger.
(c) A cut on his leg.
(d) A scratch on his forehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 6, where does Meggie see Elinor standing as she waits for Dustfinger to begin his show?

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

3. How long has Mo been running from Capricorn and Basta?

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

5. What does Elinor warn Dustfinger she does at exactly nine thirty every evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Who does Meggie compare Dustfinger to in chapter 17? Why?

3. In chapter 30, how does Basta get Meggie to open the door to him?

4. In chapter 23, what does Dustfinger catch Farid doing? What does he say about it?

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

6. What does Meggie see Mo wrapping in brown paper in chapter 2? What is unusual about this?

7. How does Elinor react in chapter 28 to the destruction of her precious books?

8. Why does Meggie light candles in her room late at night? Why does Mo dislike this practice?

9. How does Dustfinger justify in chapter 12 his telling Mo that Capricorn was in the north when in reality he was in the south?

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

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