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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 Mo tell Meggie in chapter 16 was her mother's favorite type of book?
(a) Books with fairies, knights, and dragons.
(b) Books featuring robbers and theives.
(c) Books about evil.
(d) Books about the Romans.

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

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

4. What district of Italy is Capricorn's village located in?
(a) Liguria.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Genoa.
(d) Venice.

5. Who follows Dustfinger when he runs away in chapter 26?
(a) Mo.
(b) Meggie.
(c) Fenoglio.
(d) Farid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Basta refuse to believe in chapter 30 that Fenoglio is the author of Inkheart?

3. What does Mo tell Capricorn at the end of chapter 18 that forces him to agree to let Mo go back to his cell?

4. What does Elinor hope to have Mo do when he finally comes to live with her?

5. How does Meggie plan to get Mo back, as explained in chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mo say in chapter 16 when Meggie asks if her mother will like living inside Inkheart?

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

4. What does Meggie hear Mo say to the strangers in chapter 6 as they attempt to take the book he has hidden from him?

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

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

7. What joke does Dustfinger make at the end of chapter 10 when Elinor insists on going with Dustfinger and Meggie to Capricorn's village?

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

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

10. Why does Elinor turn off the alarm system in chapter 6?

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