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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. In chapter 47, what does Elinor decide she must do when she becomes convinced that Mo is dead?

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

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

4. What came out of Peter Pan when Darius read it to Capricorn?

5. What does Mortola take from Basta as he brings Meggie and Fenoglio to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What words does Meggie read in chapter 56 that cause The Shadow that she reads out of Inkheart to be altered from the one originally written?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In chapter 39, how does Capricorn explain his choice of punishments for Dustfinger and Resa?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Mo? What is Mo short for? What does he do for a living? Why does Dustfinger call him Silvertongue? What happened to Mo's wife? Why does Mo never read aloud? Why does Mo take Meggie to see Elinor? What does he bring to Elinor that he hid from Meggie? What is important about that book? Who kidnaps Mo? For what reason? Who told the kidnappers where they could find Mo? For what reason?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Resa? What is wrong with her? How does Dustfinger know her? What is the nature of their relationship? Does Resa know that she was from our world before she was transported to Inkheart? How did Resa leave Inkheart? What does Meggie think the first time she sees her? What does Mo think when he sees a picture of Resa from Dustfinger's backpack? What happens to Resa at the end of the novel? How does this resolve part of the conflict that has existed since the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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