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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. Where did the Abbess keep the cloth from the service?

2. Why is Kamel driving Catherine through the mountains of Algeria?

3. Which of Catherine's friends does El-Marad's name remind her?

4. What does the Abbess hope to learn from Catherine the Great before she dies?

5. Which character is wounded during the storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 prophecy does Charlot offer to Napoleon?

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

8. Why does the Bishop protest Mireille's suggestion that he must marry the White Queen to help end the game?

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

10. What do Catherine, Lily and Solarin agree is the only way to test their theory about the formula?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character, Solarin, as developed by the author. What two sides are there to this character? In what ways is the character being manipulated and in what ways does he manipulate others?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe in detail how the author develops suspense throughout the novel? Do you believe the author does it well? Why or why not?

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