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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 message from Mo does Dustfinger give to Meggie in chapter 39?

2. How does Fenoglio distract Mortola and Capricorn so that Meggie can slip his pages out of her sleeve in chapter 56?

3. Why is Basta afraid for Capricorn to kill Fenoglio?

4. Why does Dustfinger claim he no longer loves Resa in chapter 58?

5. What was the first thing Darius recalls reading out of a book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What decorates Mortola's quarters? What does Meggie notice about this item?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Dustfinger recall in chapter 31 teaching Capricorn and now regrets?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Farid? Where did he come from? Why does Farid initially refuse to speak? How does he come to realize that the world around him is now his reality? Why does he spend all his time with Dustfinger? What does he want Dustfinger to teach him? How does Farid help Mo rescue Meggie, Resa, and Elinor at the end of the novel? Where does Farid go when the novel reaches its conclusion? For what reason? What does this suggest for Farid's future?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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