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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 do Catherine, Lily and Kamel find with Minnie when they arrive there?

2. What does Lily call the move she uses to get out of her stuck position?

3. Where does the Bishop end up when the ship on which he was sailing sinks?

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

5. What does Catherine use as a weapon in her attempt to rescue Lily?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was the formula in the service for and what does it allow to happen according to Newton?

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

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

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

7. Where is Lily and how do Catherine and Kamel save her?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes within this novel is one of revenge. How is this theme first developed? By which character? Do you believe this is an appropriate theme to include in this novel? Why or why not?

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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