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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. Why does the Abbess refuse to sign the document that condemns the revolution?

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

3. What was another name for The White Queen?

4. Where does Catherine come ashore?

5. Which of the following characters controls the leaders of the Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many pieces have been located by Catherine and her friends and where are they located?

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

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

9. Where does Catherine swim ashore and how does she get past the patrolling soldier?

10. What does Mireille tell David is the only thing that can both destroy the power of the revolution and rebuild France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, the the author incorporates real-life historical figures into the novel's fictionalized plot. Describe why the author might have chosen this technique. Do you believe it is effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the author's purpose for including quotes and titles at the beginning of each section of the book? What do they offer?

Essay Topic 3

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

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