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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 city of the past do Catherine and Lily supposedly drive through as they follow the route Minnie drove?
(a) Rome
(b) Athens
(c) Carioca
(d) Atlantis

2. What does the Abbess hope to learn from Catherine the Great before she dies?
(a) Where the cloth is buried
(b) Where the Black Queen is
(c) What Plato knows
(d) What to do with Paul

3. Who does Marat assume will be able to get Mireille's pieces that she has shipped?
(a) The Abbess
(b) Charlotte
(c) David
(d) The Bishop

4. Which of the following is the best definition for zugzwang?
(a) Caught by ones enemy
(b) Stuck without apparent options
(c) Stuck in the past
(d) At the solution to the problem

5. Which of the following characters accompanies Mireille across Algeria?
(a) David
(b) Shahin
(c) Charlot
(d) Charlemagne

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Catherine, Lily and the dog escape from the bar and Sharrif?

2. Who does Marat tell Mireille is the white queen?

3. How many pieces of the service does the Bishop have as he leaves England?

4. What does Shahin tell the scientist traveling with Napoleon that his people believe in?

5. From whom does Robespierre tell David that he learned about the service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Catherine, Lily and Solarin agree is the only way to test their theory about the formula?

2. Where does Catherine swim ashore and how does she get past the patrolling soldier?

3. What alternative plan does Solarin offer once it is obvious that the storm has blown the ship significantly off course?

4. What happens to change Mireille's plans to kill Marat and how do they change?

5. Where was Lily surprised to find at least two pieces of the service?

6. Where is Lily and how do Catherine and Kamel save her?

7. What information does Charlot share with Mireille and what sacrifice does Charlot make for Mireille?

8. What does Catherine recall about the time when the lunar and solar calendars cycle back to return to their starting points?

9. What connection does Lily explain to Catherine about the ax and chess?

10. What information related to the Montglane service does Mireille learn when she confronts Philidor, Blake and Wordsworth?

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