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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 is guarding the casket where Mortola keeps the final copy of Inkheart?

2. Why does Fenoglio tell Meggie not to try to escape in chapter 38?

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

4. What plant grows near the door to Basta's house that is supposed to ward off evil?

5. What warning does Dustfinger give Farid when Farid accidentally causes a small grass fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in detail, using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Point of View

2) Structure

3) Language

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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