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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 does Dustfinger tell Basta his rabbit's foot will attract?

2. What does Mortola threaten to do to Meggie in chapter 48 when she reveals that she knows Mortola is Capricorn's mother?

3. Why does Dustfinger insist he and Resa cannot take Meggie when they make their escape?

4. Where does Basta take Dustfinger and Resa at the beginning of chapter 43?

5. What story does Fenoglio think he should write when all this adventure ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 32, who does the author tell Meggie Magpie, or Mortola, is?

2. Why do Capricorn's remaining men run away in chapter 57?

3. What does Mo find in Dustfinger's backpack that helps him understand Dustfinger's behaviors recently?

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

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

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

7. What does Mo find in the hiding place that Farid leads him to in chapter 51?

8. Where does Meggie decide to hide the paper with the new passage the author has written for her to read at the execution?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What plan do Mo and the author come up with to read Theresa out of Inkheart? Why do they not succeed in their plan? What happens to Meggie while Mo is distracted? Where is she taken? For what reason? Who is the first to realize Meggie can read characters out of books like her dad? What is the first character Meggie reads out of a book? What happens to this creature? What else does Meggie read out of books? What happens when the author writes a new story for one of the characters Meggie reads out of a story? How does this foreshadow what Meggie and the author will do to save Resa?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At the end of the book, dozens of mythical creatures appear. Where do they come from? For what reason? Where do some of these creatures decide to go? What role does Elinor play in their lives? Where do some of them go? Where does Tinker Bell decide to go? Where do Mo and Meggie decide to settle down? For what reason? Why does the author leave some loose ends at the end of the book? How does the reader know that there will be subsequent books in this series? Does this book stand alone well, or does the reader feel obligated to read the other novels in the series?

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