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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 does Mo believe Resa is when he sees a picture of her in Dustfinger's backpack?

2. Who brings breakfast to Meggie and Fenoglio in chapter 42?

3. What does Farid reveal he has seen in Dustfinger's backpack in chapter 31?

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

5. What does Mo discover Capricorn's henchmen have taken from their makeshift camp while they hide in a cellar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When does Mo realize that when he reads something out of a book, something must go into a book? How long has Mo known he could read things out of books? How often has he noticed items around him disappearing while new items appear? Who did Mo read out of Inkheart? What went inside Inkheart? How does Mo try to reverse what has happened? Does it work? Why does Mo stop reading aloud? Why does Mo begin moving around often? What is he hiding from? How does this situation find him? Does Mo ever find a way to make amends for what happened the night he read Inkheart aloud?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Capricorn? What does he want from Mo and Meggie? What does Capricorn plan to make Mo do for him? Where is Capricorn? What does Meggie learn from her father about Capricorn? Where is Capricorn from? How did he come to be in Italy? What is his connection to Mo? What is Mo's secret ability? How is that connected to Capricorn? What item has Capricorn bought and stolen throughout Europe? Why does Elinor think he is only an eccentric book collector like her? Is he?

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