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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 suddenly and unexpectedly arrives at the conference and refers to Catherine as the one?

2. What does Shahin call a sandstorm?

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

4. Who does Marat assume will be able to get Mireille's pieces that she has shipped?

5. What does Shahin tell Mireille that he knows that she desires?

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

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

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

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 events happen with the Bishop in London and what does she bring him?

7. What has the Abbess concealed in her room and how does Catherine react to it when the Abbess reveals it to her?

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

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

10. What does Catherine recall about the time when the lunar and solar calendars cycle back to return to their starting points?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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