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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. Which of the following characters helps Mireille get the Abbess out of her prison?
(a) Valentine
(b) Alexander
(c) Paul
(d) Catherine

2. Where do Catherine and Lily head once they leave the city of Oran?
(a) Russia
(b) Algiers
(c) Paris
(d) England

3. Why is Kamel driving Catherine through the mountains of Algeria?
(a) To complete her OPEC work
(b) To begin his project with the computer model
(c) To show Catherine the countryside
(d) To visit Llewellyn's dealer friend

4. Who promises the Bishop safety and prosperity if he returns to France?
(a) Abbess
(b) Germaine
(c) Mirielle
(d) Catherine

5. What does Shahin tell the scientist traveling with Napoleon that his people believe in?
(a) Relationship between alchemy and math
(b) Relationship between music and alchemy
(c) Montglane Service
(d) Mystic science of numbers

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Abbess hope to learn from Catherine the Great before she dies?

2. How long has the Bishop been in America at the beginning of this section?

3. What deduction do Catherine, Lily and Solarin come to about the placement of the pieces on the chess board?

4. What was another name for The White Queen?

5. What does Shahin call a sandstorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Bishop reduced to selling land to French immigrants for the four years that he has been living in America?

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

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

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

5. What is the secret message that El-Marad gives to Catherine and for whom is that secret message intended?

6. What events happen with the Bishop in London and what does she bring him?

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

8. What has the Abbess concealed in her room and how does Catherine react to it when the Abbess reveals it to her?

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

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

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