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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Palamedes take the cab on side roads?
(a) Archon has his crows at most of the crossroads.
(b) The London police are looking for him.
(c) Because of Dee's check points.
(d) The Wales police are looking for him.

2. How do Ayala and Perenelle plan to keep the Sphinx occupied?
(a) With a griffon.
(b) With Alcatraz's ghosts.
(c) With the spider sisters.
(d) With a minotaur.

3. How does Josh stop the police who are following them?
(a) Making the road oily.
(b) A heavy fog.
(c) Making the road icy.
(d) Using torrential rain.

4. What does Dee manage to locate?
(a) Excalibur.
(b) The twins.
(c) Perenelle.
(d) King Gilgamesh.

5. What does Dee want Machiavelli to do?
(a) Pick Dee up in his hiding place and take him to Wales.
(b) Fly to San Francisco and confront Perenelle.
(c) Contact the London authorities.
(d) Fly to Wales to find the twins.

6. What is left behind in the field as Nicholas and the others make their escape?
(a) Clarent.
(b) Palamedes.
(c) Excalibur.
(d) Nicholas' spell crystal.

7. What does Nicholas worry that the King will not remember?
(a) His homeland.
(b) Who helped him.
(c) His magic.
(d) Why he is there.

8. Whose appearance surprises Sophie?
(a) Archon.
(b) Perenelle.
(c) King Gilgamesh.
(d) Josh.

9. What do Josh and Sophie watch concerning Nicholas and Gilgamesh?
(a) The two going into a trance to move them all to another place.
(b) The two carrying out a mock magic battle.
(c) The two fighting the Wild Hunt.
(d) The two arguing.

10. Who is one person who joins the conversation with Perenell?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) St. Francis of Assisi.
(c) The Queen of Sheba.
(d) Hercules.

11. What does Josh begin to do during the magic lesson?
(a) Fly.
(b) Animate objects.
(c) Visit the astral plane.
(d) Burrow in the ground.

12. What does Machiavelli receive from John Dee?
(a) A warning from Cernunnos.
(b) A crystal to unlock the monsters' sleep.
(c) A letter and photo.
(d) A warning from Bastet.

13. About what do Nicholas and Gilgamesh argue?
(a) Where to go next.
(b) The use of the twins.
(c) Rescuing Perenelle.
(d) Leaving the twins in safety or taking them with the men.

14. What do both twins do that Palamedes says not to do?
(a) Try to carry Nicholas.
(b) Look back.
(c) Try to carry Gilgamesh.
(d) Take their backpacks.

15. When does the king say real death occurs?
(a) When the soul believes evil is redeemable.
(b) When the soul becomes imprisoned in illusion.
(c) When one's life is completely forgotten by others.
(d) When one wastes one's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Machiavelli believe Flamel and the others are headed?

2. What does Machiavelli hear as they are following the Crow Goddess?

3. With whom does Perenell share information?

4. What does Machiavelli wonder concerning Perenelle and the Elders?

5. How does Dee find the direction the twins are moving?

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