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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. Who does Elinor insist Capricorn must be in chapter 13?
(a) An eccentric investor.
(b) An eccentric millionaire.
(c) An eccentric militia leader.
(d) An eccentric book collector.

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

3. What keeps Meggie from chasing after Mo and Capricorn's men initially in chapter 6?
(a) Elinor.
(b) A gun pointed at her by the henchmen.
(c) Mo.
(d) Dustfinger.

4. What is Elinor's biggest fear as she and the others escape into the hills above the village where her car had a flat tire?
(a) Basta.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Spiders.

5. How old was Meggie the night Mo read Capricorn, Basta, and Dustfinger out of Inkheart?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mo tell Dustfinger about Inkheart as they run from the dilapidated house in chapter 21?

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

4. What question does Meggie ask Mo in chapter 5 that she never thought about until Dustfinger brought it up?

5. What reason does Mo tell Meggie he has decided to remain in Fenoglio's village in chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In chapter 15, Meggie wonders why adults always keep secrets from children. Why does she think adults should be more willing to tell children the truth?

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

5. When Meggie tells Mo that she sees someone outside the bedroom window, what book does he accuse her of reading before going to sleep?

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

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

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