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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. Where does Dustfinger chose to hide in chapter 31 close to Capricorn's village?
(a) A garage behind Capricorn's house.
(b) A cave on the hillside.
(c) A burned out house on the hill.
(d) A house in the village.

2. Why does Dustfinger claim he no longer loves Resa in chapter 58?
(a) She betrayed him to Mo.
(b) She betrayed him to Capricorn.
(c) She chose Basta over him.
(d) She chose her daughter over him.

3. Who is left to guard over Meggie and Fenoglio in chapter 36?
(a) Mortola.
(b) Basta.
(c) Flatnose.
(d) Resa.

4. What does Capricorn show as proof of Mo's death in chapters 55-56?
(a) Bloody cloth.
(b) His favorite book, covered in blood.
(c) His bloody sweater.
(d) A picture of his dead body.

5. Why does Dustfinger insist he and Resa cannot take Meggie when they make their escape?
(a) Capricorn will hunt them.
(b) Mo will kill him if she is hurt.
(c) She will give them away.
(d) She will be too slow to keep up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Meggie and her father chose to live in chapter 59?

2. Who brings breakfast to Meggie and Fenoglio in chapter 42?

3. What plant grows near the door to Basta's house that is supposed to ward off evil?

4. What is Farid's idea to create a diversion when he, Mo, and Elinor sneak into the village to save Meggie?

5. Why does Dustfinger think most of Capricorn's men do not have driver's licenses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Meggie decide to hide the paper with the new passage the author has written for her to read at the execution?

2. Who is Dustfinger looking for when Basta and Mortola apprehend him in chapter 37? Where are they?

3. Why do Capricorn's remaining men run away in chapter 57?

4. What does Elinor do in chapter 47 when Mo and Farid do not return to their rendezvous point at planned?

5. What does Dustfinger recall in chapter 31 teaching Capricorn and now regrets?

6. What does Meggie try to tell Dustfinger in chapter 49 that she is unable to convey due to Basta's presence?

7. Who is Resa? Why does Dustfinger remark that the only time you can hear her voice is when she laughs?

8. In chapter 32, who does the author tell Meggie Magpie, or Mortola, is?

9. In chapter 43, Dustfinger thinks about his impending death and has an idea that it will allow him to return home. Why? Where is home?

10. How does Farid explain away the gunshots in the night that Mo and Elinor heard while waiting for Farid to return from the village?

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