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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. Who is the person that the Bishop says wants to gain control of the service?

2. In what occupation was Catherine Velis previously employed?

3. What does the fortune teller tell Catherine?

4. Where does the Bishop invite Miereille and Valentine?

5. What does the Abbess show Catherine on her palm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Catherine Velis believe that she is being sent to Algeria by her accounting firm?

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

5. What does the Abbess show to Catherine the Great? What does Catherine want with it? How does Catherine react?

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

7. What type of wager did Charlemagne supposedly propose to Garin and what did the Arab soldiers explain would be the result of this type of wager?

8. What coincidence does Catherine's friend Lily point out about how Catherine has spent her time before she leaves for Algeria?

9. What does David believe is the only thing that will be able to save France and from what does he believe France needs to be saved?

10. Who saves Mirielle from Paris and what connection does Mirielle find out about them and her past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of what significance is April 4th and how does the author develop the idea of this date throughout the novel? What things (people and events) does it represent a spiritually convergent date for? What and how does this foreshadow?

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

At the beginning of the novel. the character of Catherine asks the rhetorical question as to what might happen if America should lose control of the world's oil supply. Toward the middle of the novel this rhetorical question is given real meaning. Why do you think the author included this line of thinking? Is it part of the puzzle? If so, in what way?

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