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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. What crosses Meggie's mind as she waits for Mo to return from picking up Elinor at the airport in chapter 30?

2. What memories does Meggie awaken in Elinor in chapter 8?

3. What does Elinor tell Meggie was once a common practice in chapter 17?

4. What does Meggie find in Elinor's room when she goes to leave a note for Elinor in chapter 9?

5. Why did Mo once promise Meggie burglars would never break into their house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Elinor turn off the alarm system in chapter 6?

4. Why does Meggie tell Dustfinger in chapter 26 that he must never go back inside Inkheart?

5. When Meggie tells Mo that she sees someone outside the bedroom window, what book does he accuse her of reading before going to sleep?

6. What does Meggie hear Mo say to the strangers in chapter 6 as they attempt to take the book he has hidden from him?

7. Why does Meggie light candles in her room late at night? Why does Mo dislike this practice?

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

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

10. Whose picture does Meggie see in the book Mo gives to Elinor in chapter 5? Who does she ask about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Capricorn? What does he want from Mo and Meggie? What does Capricorn plan to make Mo do for him? Where is Capricorn? What does Meggie learn from her father about Capricorn? Where is Capricorn from? How did he come to be in Italy? What is his connection to Mo? What is Mo's secret ability? How is that connected to Capricorn? What item has Capricorn bought and stolen throughout Europe? Why does Elinor think he is only an eccentric book collector like her? Is he?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Elinor? What does Elinor collect? How important is this collection to Elinor? Why does she dislike children? Why does Elinor question Meggie's presence in her house? Why has Mo come to visit Elinor? What does Mo ask Elinor to hide for him? What happens when Elinor disarms the alarm system so that Meggie might watch a show put on by Dustfinger? Why does Elinor trade out the book Mo gave her with another? How does Meggie respond when she realizes Elinor still has Mo's book? Why does Elinor insist on going with Meggie and Dustfinger to rescue Mo?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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