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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. How long is the time required for the lunar and solar calendars to cycle back and return to their starting points?
(a) 8 days
(b) 80 days
(c) 8 years
(d) 8 months

2. Where does Mireille tell Marat that she has shipped the pieces for which she was responsible?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Algeria
(d) The Abbey

3. Which of the following characters claimed to have decoded the formula in the service?
(a) Newton
(b) Philidor
(c) Jefferson
(d) Blake

4. What does Minnie tell Lily and Catherine the white side wants to create with the information contained in the Montglane Service?
(a) A united country
(b) Computers and mathematical formulas
(c) Weapons of mass destruction
(d) Petroleum to control OPEC

5. Who suddenly and unexpectedly arrives at the conference and refers to Catherine as the one?
(a) Mahad
(b) Muammar Khaddafi
(c) El-Marad
(d) Kamel

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Catherine contact first once she and Lily reach the city of Oran?

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

3. Where did Minnie and Solarin hide after they were separated from the rest of the family?

4. What does Mokhfi's name mean in English?

5. From where does Charlotte recognize the pattern from Robespierre's diagram?

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 does Mireille see when she arrives at the hidden valley and what happens when she arrives there?

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

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

5. What does Minnie reveal to Catherine and Lily about where the service is hidden and what does she provide them to help them collect them?

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

7. Describe in detail how Catherine, Lily and Carioca make it out of the restaurant?

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

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

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

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