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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 book does Meggie find with markings in it as though its previous owner was deeply moved by specific passages?

2. What does Farid say his job was in his other life?

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

4. Why has Darius come to see Meggie in chapter 42?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Dustfinger looking for when Basta and Mortola apprehend him in chapter 37? Where are they?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Dustfinger? Who is Gwin? Why does Dustfinger come to see Mo in the first chapter of the book? Why does Mo quickly pack up to leave after seeing Dustfinger? Why does Dustfinger insist on going with Mo and Meggie when the move south? What does Dustfinger tell Meggie about Capricorn? Does Meggie believe him? What else does Dustfinger tell Meggie that Mo has failed to tell her? Why is Dustfinger interested in the book Mo has hidden from Meggie? What does Meggie see in the book? After Mo is kidnapped, what does Dustfinger promise to help Meggie do? How does Meggie learn that Dustfinger is a double crosser?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Who is Mo? What is Mo short for? What does he do for a living? Why does Dustfinger call him Silvertongue? What happened to Mo's wife? Why does Mo never read aloud? Why does Mo take Meggie to see Elinor? What does he bring to Elinor that he hid from Meggie? What is important about that book? Who kidnaps Mo? For what reason? Who told the kidnappers where they could find Mo? For what reason?

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