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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author tell Meggie to ask for in exchange for reading aloud a new story?
(a) Pencil and paper.
(b) A car.
(c) A phone.
(d) A visit to Dustfinger.

2. What happens when Meggie reads the new story the author has written for the Tin Soldier?
(a) The soldier goes into it.
(b) The soldier simply disappears.
(c) The soldier runs away.
(d) The soldier is joined by his ballerina.

3. What does Dustfinger feed to Tinkle Bell after finding her in Basta's house?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Meat.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cereal.

4. Who is outside of Capricorn's house when Mo and Farid approach it in chapter 54?
(a) A single guard.
(b) A group of henchmen.
(c) Capricorn himself.
(d) Basta and Flatnose.

5. How does Fenoglio distract Mortola and Capricorn so that Meggie can slip his pages out of her sleeve in chapter 56?
(a) He announces to everyone that Mortola is Capricorn's mother.
(b) He pulls a knife on Mortola.
(c) He begins to argue that his story is not meant to be used this way.
(d) He tries to run away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which unexpected character disappears after the reading of the author's new passage in chapter 57?

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

4. Who does the crowd believe caused the fire that is devouring Capricorn's house in chapter 56?

5. Where does Meggie and her father chose to live in chapter 59?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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