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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 Basta hold Meggie by the hair on the entire walk to Mortola's quarters in chapter 48?
(a) So she will speak with him.
(b) Because he wants to touch her.
(c) Because he dislikes her.
(d) So she will not try to run away again.

2. Why does Capricorn want Darius to run a test with Meggie before the execution?
(a) To see if Meggie is telling the truth about having the same talent as her father.
(b) To make sure reading Tinker Bell out was not a fluke.
(c) To see if together they can read out twice as many objects.
(d) To test the level of power that exists with her talent.

3. What item does Mo insist that Capricorn wants at the football field from his house in chapter 54?
(a) His walking cane.
(b) His armchair.
(c) His crown.
(d) His copy of Inkheart.

4. What did Dustfinger ask Resa to do for him that he regrets in chapter 37?
(a) To find some money to help them escape together.
(b) To find some food for him.
(c) To find a way for him to break into Capricorn's throne room.
(d) To find where Capricorn has put the last copy of Inkheart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Resa teach Dustfinger?

2. What happens when Meggie reads the new story the author has written for the Tin Soldier?

3. In chapter 52, who does Dustfinger feel Capricorn will not allow the Shadow to hurt?

4. What is guarding the casket where Mortola keeps the final copy of Inkheart?

5. What does Mortola take from Basta as he brings Meggie and Fenoglio to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter 39, how does Capricorn explain his choice of punishments for Dustfinger and Resa?

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

4. What story in chapter 46 does the author compare to what he has in mind to trick Capricorn at the execution?

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

6. Where does Dustfinger hide in chapter 52? What does he find there?

7. What words does Meggie read in chapter 56 that cause The Shadow that she reads out of Inkheart to be altered from the one originally written?

8. What does Mo find in Dustfinger's backpack that helps him understand Dustfinger's behaviors recently?

9. What decorates Mortola's quarters? What does Meggie notice about this item?

10. What does Mo find in the hiding place that Farid leads him to in chapter 51?

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