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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 book does Meggie find with markings in it as though its previous owner was deeply moved by specific passages?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) A Time to Kill.
(d) To Kill a Mockingbird.

2. Who is outside of Capricorn's house when Mo and Farid approach it in chapter 54?
(a) Capricorn himself.
(b) A group of henchmen.
(c) A single guard.
(d) Basta and Flatnose.

3. What does Mo discover Capricorn's henchmen have taken from their makeshift camp while they hide in a cellar?
(a) Their car.
(b) Their books.
(c) Their money and food.
(d) Their blankets and bloodied bandages.

4. Where does Basta take Dustfinger and Resa at the beginning of chapter 43?
(a) The throne room.
(b) His own house.
(c) The crypt under the church.
(d) The jail.

5. Who brings Capricorn news of his burning house in chapter 56?
(a) Flatnose.
(b) Mo.
(c) Mortola.
(d) Basta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dustfinger ask Resa to do for him that he regrets in chapter 37?

2. What does Fenoglio think Tinker Bell is the first time he sees her?

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

4. How does Darius tell Meggie and Fenoglio that he was punished when he did not read out of books what Capricorn wanted?

5. Where does Dustfinger chose to hide in chapter 31 close to Capricorn's village?

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. What language does Mo write a note in for Meggie in chapter 42? Why has he chosen this language?

3. What condition does Basta give in chapter 45 when he agrees to give the author pen and paper?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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