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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. What is Llewellyn's profession?

2. Whose identity does Catherine try to determine as part of her investigation into the chess match?

3. Where does Solarin tell the Russian Secret Police the chess pieces are?

4. What did Back say that the powerful music of God could be used for?

5. How is Mireille disguised as she attempts to leave Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the treasure of the Abbey which the Abbess and nuns vow cannot fall into the hands of the Bishop of Autun?

2. Why do Valentine and Mireille leave their place of safety to meet Sister Claude and what happens when they get to the appointed meeting place?

3. How does the Abbess make it impossible for any one person to reveal the details of her plan to ensure the safety of the pieces of the chess set?

4. When the people at the chess match begin to leave, what does Lily believe is true about Fiske, Solarin's opponent?

5. What steps does Catherine take on her own once she and Lily split up to complete research?

6. What does Llewellyn want from Catherine and how does Catherine react?

7. Why is Llewellyn excited to hear about Catherine's relocation and what does he ask of her?

8. What happens when Camille encounters the Bishop when he arrives at Robespierre's home?

9. What news do Marie-Charlotte and Alexandrine bring to the Abbess and the other nuns?

10. What work does Kamel want Catherine to complete for him which surprises Catherine and catches her off guard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe Mordecai and Lily concealed their real relationship? What was their real relationship? Why would the author choose this path? Support your rationale with evidence.

Essay Topic 2

What does the training of Mireille's falcon Charlot represent? In what way is it helpful? What does the falcon symbolize throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the the ultimate revelation which is revealed in the book's final moments. How is it foreshadowed throughout the novel?

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