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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. Who is left behind when Capricorn's men vanish back into Inkheart?

2. What item does Mo insist that Capricorn wants at the football field from his house in chapter 54?

3. What does Fenoglio say about Capricorn's village as Basta takes he and Meggie there in chapter 32?

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

5. What did Dustfinger ask Resa to do for him that he regrets in chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In chapter 36, what worries Meggie the most about her current situation?

4. What does Meggie see in the seconds before she falls asleep in chapter 57?

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

6. What condition does Basta give in chapter 45 when he agrees to give the author pen and paper?

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

8. What language does Mo write a note in for Meggie in chapter 42? Why has he chosen this language?

9. What does Meggie try to tell Dustfinger in chapter 49 that she is unable to convey due to Basta's presence?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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