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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many narrative lines does the author use in this novel?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1
2. Who does Catherine find recently killed when she goes to retrieve her briefcase?
(a) Friske
(b) Lilly
(c) Lily's missing chauffeur
(d) Solarin
3. What would be the end result should Garin lose the wager Charlemagne and Garin have on the game?
(a) Death
(b) Loss of all asets
(c) Relegation to slave status
(d) Removal from the kingdom
4. Where does Solarin tell the Russian Secret Police the chess pieces are?
(a) China
(b) Russia
(c) Algeria
(d) France
5. Whose identity does Catherine try to determine as part of her investigation into the chess match?
(a) Solarin's
(b) Lilly's
(c) Friske's
(d) Fortune teller's
6. What does Catherine believe herself to be acting out?
(a) Prevention of destruction
(b) Power
(c) Destiny
(d) Inheritance
7. Where does the Bishop plan to take Mireille for refuge?
(a) Spain
(b) Algeria
(c) France
(d) England
8. What is Mordecai's relationship with Lily?
(a) He is her chauffeur
(b) He has provided her with information about math
(c) He is her current lover
(d) He has coached her in several chess tournaments
9. Who is the man that Valentine and Mireille see who walks with a slight limp?
(a) David
(b) Germaine de Stael
(c) Bishop of Autun
(d) Richelieu
10. Which character is to be executed in this section?
(a) David
(b) Mireille
(c) Sister Claude
(d) Valentine
11. About how many large oil companies control most of the world's production and distribution according to Catherine?
(a) 8
(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) 5
12. Who was found dead that Harry is asked to identify?
(a) Harry's chauffeur
(b) Harry's brother
(c) Harry's father
(d) Harry's son
13. What does the Abbess do with the pieces of the chess set?
(a) Hides them in the fields
(b) Sends them to Rome
(c) Mails them to the Bishop
(d) Distributes the pieces among the nuns
14. What signals that it is time to stop working and return to the convent for the nuns?
(a) Tolling Bell
(b) Clock tower ringing
(c) Calling from the Mother Superior
(d) A specific time of day
15. Who was Cardinal Rihelieu?
(a) Politician
(b) Painter
(c) Bishop
(d) Governor
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Lily introduce Catherine to?
2. What promise does Kamal make to Catherine?
3. Which of the following characters tells Mireille that the Abbess sent him?
4. What happens to the fortune teller when the lights go down?
5. Which of the following words best describes how Catherine feels after her encounter with the fortune teller?
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