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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. In what way are Solarin and Nim related?
(a) Father and son
(b) Brothers
(c) Grandfather and grandson
(d) Uncle and nephew

2. In what state does the Bishop decide to bury pieces from the Montglane Service?
(a) Maine
(b) Virginia
(c) Vermont
(d) Pennsylvania

3. Why did Mireille return to Algiers before heading to England?
(a) To provide help to Charlotte
(b) To find and speak to the Abbess
(c) To collect her son and Shahin
(d) To try and find eigh pieces of the service

4. What does Lily call the move she uses to get out of her stuck position?
(a) Zugzwang
(b) Car
(c) Carwagny
(d) Ziggygog

5. How do Catherine, Lily and the dog escape from the bar and Sharrif?
(a) Jump in the water
(b) Kamel saves them
(c) Run to their vehicle
(d) Escape on horseback

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Robespierre tell David that he learned about the service?

2. How many pieces of the service does the Bishop have as he leaves England?

3. Whose diagram do Catherine, Lily and Solarin use as the basis for solving the mystery of the configuration of the pieces?

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

5. What small gift does Catherine present to El-Marad's daughter when they arrive at his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What prophecy does Charlot offer to Napoleon?

3. What is Paul's plan now that Catherine the Great has died?

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

5. What does Minnie tell Catherine that she was chosen to be and what realization about herself does Catherine come to?

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

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

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

9. What happens when Catherine and Lily make it inside the restaurant and what are they challenged to?

10. What happens to change Mireille's plans to kill Marat and how do they change?

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