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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 did Capricorn's father do for a living?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Knight.
(d) Pastor.

2. What plant grows near the door to Basta's house that is supposed to ward off evil?
(a) St. John's wort.
(b) Mint.
(c) Honeysuckle.
(d) Ginsing.

3. What argument with Mo does Elinor recall in chapter 47?
(a) His refusal to go to the police with her.
(b) His insistence on trusting Dustfinger again.
(c) His insistence on rescuing Meggie despite her fears.
(d) His refusal to let her go into the village with him.

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

5. 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 copy of Inkheart.
(d) His crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fenoglio tell Meggie not to try to escape in chapter 38?

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

3. What do the maids of Capricorn's village think Meggie is?

4. What does Meggie tell Fenoglio in chapter 53 he should do about all of Capricorn's henchmen?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Meggie tell the reader in chapter 59 she has decided to become a writer?

4. How does Dustfinger feel about Farid following him around in chapter 31?

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

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

7. 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?

8. Why does Meggie read the passage in Peter Pan that features Tinker Bell? What happens?

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

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

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