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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. How long does Dustfinger tell Farid Resa has been Capricorn's maid?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Five years.

2. What was the first thing Darius recalls reading out of a book?
(a) A bowl.
(b) A dog.
(c) A sack of gold.
(d) A bird.

3. Where are the executions to take place?
(a) A farmer's vineyard.
(b) A sports arena.
(c) The village's abandoned football field.
(d) The church.

4. What did Resa teach Dustfinger?
(a) To cook.
(b) To talk.
(c) To read.
(d) To sing.

5. Who brings Meggie a message from Mo in chapter 42?
(a) Gwin.
(b) Elinor.
(c) Dustfinger.
(d) Farid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Basta hold Meggie by the hair on the entire walk to Mortola's quarters in chapter 48?

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

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

4. What book does Meggie find with markings in it as though its previous owner was deeply moved by specific passages?

5. Who stops Mortola from taking the new passage from Meggie in the middle of her reading?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter 36, what worries Meggie the most about her current situation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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