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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 happens when Meggie reads the new story the author has written for the Tin Soldier?

2. What did Capricorn's father do for a living?

3. What does Mortola bring Meggie to wear to the executions in chapter 53?

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

5. What argument with Mo does Elinor recall in chapter 47?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mo find in Dustfinger's backpack that helps him understand Dustfinger's behaviors recently?

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. 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?

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

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

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

9. Where does Dustfinger hide in chapter 52? What does he find there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is Inkheart? Why is it important to Mo? Why does Mo continuously look for a copy of the book? Why does Capricorn want copies of the book? Why does Capricorn burn most of the books? What does Capricorn want read out of the book? Who reads most of these people out of the book? What is wrong with the people read out of the book? For example, what is wrong with Resa? What does Capricorn order Meggie to read out of Inkheart at the end of the book? How does the author help Meggie change what happens when she reads this character out of the book?

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