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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 do all of Capricorn's henchmen wear?
(a) Black pants and jackets.
(b) Green uniforms.
(c) White uniforms.
(d) Yellow pants and jackets.

2. What does Meggie find in Elinor's room when she goes to leave a note for Elinor in chapter 9?
(a) Dustfinger's backpack.
(b) Mo's book.
(c) Gwin.
(d) A gun.

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

4. What is the overwhelming feeling that Dustfinger is left with after being lured out of the book Inkheart?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Regret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fenoglio hope to disguise himself as he walks in the square to catch a glimpse of the unsuspecting Dustfinger?

2. What does Elinor give to Meggie before she leaves in chapter 23?

3. What does Capricorn believe Mo is?

4. What is Mo doing when Meggie wakes in chapter 2?

5. How many days does Elinor stay in the village with Mo and Meggie before deciding to return home in chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dustfinger attempt to learn about the book, Inkheart, but fails to find out?

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

3. 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?

4. In chapter 13, what does Dustfinger tell Elinor about her personality based on her interests and the stories she likes to tell?

5. Why does Mo wakes Meggie in chapter 21? What happens?

6. Who is waiting for Meggie and Mo as they attempt to leave their house in chapter 3? What do they do?

7. In chapter 24, why does the author say he did not kill off Basta and Capricorn in his book?

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

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

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

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