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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mo once tell Meggie it was good she looked like her mother?

2. What are Basta and Flatnose debating as they come up the hill toward Mo and company's hiding place in chapter 21?

3. How does Meggie plan to get Mo back, as explained in chapter 10?

4. In chapter 13, Meggie says Mo told her the devil was invented by whom?

5. What excuse for school does Mo ask Meggie in chapter 2 if he has used already?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mo say in chapter 16 when Meggie asks if her mother will like living inside Inkheart?

2. In chapter 19, what does Mo tell Meggie to help soothe her fear and to help her sleep?

3. Why does Meggie read aloud from a book of poetry in chapter 23?

4. How does Elinor react in chapter 28 to the destruction of her precious books?

5. Who does Dustfinger admit he works for in chapter 11?

6. What joke does Dustfinger make at the end of chapter 10 when Elinor insists on going with Dustfinger and Meggie to Capricorn's village?

7. Who does Meggie compare Dustfinger to in chapter 17? Why?

8. In chapter 23, what does Dustfinger catch Farid doing? What does he say about it?

9. What does Capricorn do with all the copies of Inkheart he has gathered over the years? What does he do with the one remaining copy?

10. How does Dustfinger justify in chapter 12 his telling Mo that Capricorn was in the north when in reality he was in the south?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay, quoting from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Family

2) Magic

3) Greed

4) Love of Reading and Books.

Essay Topic 2

How do Mo, Meggie, and Elinor escape from Capricorn's village? Who follows them? For what reason? Why does Mo feel that he needs to find another copy of Inkheart? Where does he go to achieve this? Why does Dustfinger agree to go with Mo, but makes Mo promise not to tell anyone who he is? What does this stranger tell Mo about Dustfinger's fate in Inkheart? How does Meggie react to this? What does Meggie tell Dustfinger about this? How does this impact Dustfinger and his future actions?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Darius? What does Darius do? What is wrong with what Darius does? What connection does this have to Capricorn? To Mo? Why does Capricorn employ Darius? What does Capricorn want from Darius? What is the first thing Capricorn has Mo do? What does this say about Darius' continuing work with Capricorn? How does Capricorn later help Meggie? Why? On whose side is Darius?

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