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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 one room in her house does Elinor not keep books?

2. What does Elinor give to Meggie before she leaves in chapter 23?

3. What does Mo tell Dustfinger about Inkheart as they run from the dilapidated house in chapter 21?

4. Why does Meggie admit being afraid of Basta in chapter 13?

5. Where does Meggie suggest Dustfinger must have gone in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 30, how does Basta get Meggie to open the door to him?

2. In chapter 24, why does the author say he did not kill off Basta and Capricorn in his book?

3. 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?

4. What was Elinor's father like? What does this say about Elinor herself?

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

6. Why does Farid insist on returning to Capricorn's village with Dustfinger in chaper 26?

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

8. In chapter 15, Meggie wonders why adults always keep secrets from children. Why does she think adults should be more willing to tell children the truth?

9. How does Dustfinger react to the sound of Meggie crying in chapter 7?

10. What has always comforted Meggie in regards to her lack of a mother as she reveals in chapter 29?

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

Why does Meggie encourage Mo to read aloud to her from a book of poetry? Why does Meggie begin imitating the way her father read to her? What happens after she begins practicing? How did Meggie know that she would have the same gift as her father? Does her father know she has the same gift? Does Meggie consider this a gift? What does Capricorn want her to do with this gift? How does she react to this? What threat does Meggie promise if they do not let her see Dustfinger first? How would this impact what Capricorn wants from her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following relationships in an essay, quoting from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Mo and Dustfinger

2) Mo and Capricorn

3) Mo and Meggie

4) Mo and Elinor.

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