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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. Who is Nina Jablonski?

2. What does Gulietta start to wear when she comes to visit Leigh-Cheri?

3. What does the writer say might happen during the rest of the story?

4. Who is arrested in Algeria and detained in prison because of A'ben Fizel's bribery?

5. Where does Leigh-Cheri and Bernard live at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Leigh-Cheri only permitted to tell a story when she visits Bernard in prison?

2. What does Bernard think has happened to Leigh-Cheri after he awakens following the blast that set them free?

3. Why does Leigh-Cheri visit the pyramid the night before her wedding to A'ben Fizel?

4. What condition is there to the marriage of Leigh-Cheri to A'ben Fizel?

5. What happened that coincided with what looked to Leigh-Cheri, Bernard, and their companions to be a space ship flying by them?

6. What drastic measure does Leigh-Cheri do to show her support and love for Bernard while he is in prison?

7. How does Bernard explain what is wrong with the way most people look at pyramids?

8. Who are the "Red Beards" Bernard tells Leigh-Cheri about?

9. How did Gulietta become queen of the Furstenberg-Barcalonas' homeland?

10. What questions does the writer hope to answer as he finishes the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the King and Queen's reactions to Leigh-Cheri's self-imposed imprisonment in the attic? What do they say to each other about it? What do they say to her? Are they more concerned for their daughter's well being or for maintaining the monarchy? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Leigh-Cheri learn from her solitary existence in the attic?

Essay Topic 3

Leigh-Cheri's bedtime story causes much ado when Bernard wants to know what happened to the golden ball. Is this a normal curiosity or a ploy used in the plot so that the writer can bring up the golden ball again later in the story? Where in the story is the golden ball misused as a metaphor for something else? Is the golden ball a metaphor or something in the story? If so, what?

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