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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 Meggie comment in chapter 13 that the area they are traveling in does not seem dangerous to her?
(a) There are no henchmen waiting in the hills.
(b) The ocean waves are bright and calm.
(c) It all seems so normal to her.
(d) It is filled with beauty and bright colors.

2. What book does Mo tell Meggie no one can read right through to the end?
(a) Treasure Island.
(b) The Thousand and One Nights.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) The Stand.

3. 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 discovered he had read the mailman into Inkheart.
(c) When he realized he could not save Teresa.
(d) When he discovered a transparent man in his living room.

4. What does Mo tell Meggie his wife was too vain to wear?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Bulky sweaters.
(d) Hats.

5. What does Dustfinger think to himself in chapter 11 that no one can protect Meggie from?
(a) Capricorn.
(b) Kidnappers and murderers.
(c) Truth.
(d) The dark and evil in the world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Dustfinger believe is his killer in the novel Inkheart?

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

4. What causes Meggie to feel a little jealous in chapter 29?

5. How do the police react in chapter 8 when Meggie tells them to search for Capricorn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meggie say in the note she intends to leave with Elinor in chapter 9?

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

3. What has always comforted Meggie in regards to her lack of a mother as she reveals in chapter 29?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Who does Dustfinger admit he works for in chapter 11?

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

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