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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Clubb use to pinpoint the location they are looking for?
(a) The number of wheels on a cart.
(b) The number of houses they pass.
(c) The number of people in town.
(d) The number of wheel rotations counted.

2. Who tells Daniel that many men aboard the Minerva perceive him as bad luck?
(a) Sir Isaac.
(b) Johann.
(c) Dappa.
(d) Otto Van Hoek.

3. Who does NOT reside at Blenheim Palace, according to the Epilogue?
(a) Bob Shaftoe.
(b) Colonel Barnes.
(c) Jack Shaftoe.
(d) The Duke of Marlborough.

4. What does Daniel unexpectedly state in the prison?
(a) That he knows Sir Isaac made the infernal devices.
(b) That he knows Saturn made the infernal devices.
(c) That he knows Jack made the infernal devices.
(d) That he knows who was visiting Jack.

5. Who delivers Jack's expensive suit?
(a) The mysterious blond man.
(b) The mysterious veiled woman.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Bob Shaftoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Clubb believes finding what person will conclude the infernal device investigation?

2. What happens when the gold guinea samples are melted?

3. How does White challenge Dappa?

4. Where does Sir Isaac instruct Catherine Barton to take him, whether he is alive or dead?

5. What happens to the melted gold before it is weighed to test its quality?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is William Ham willing to assist Daniel and Saturn smuggle the Solomonic gold?

2. How does Daniel feel about what happens to Ravenscar in Chapter 9, and what must he now handle by himself?

3. What is the procedure for testing the gold guinea samples?

4. Though torture is a punishment, does Jack gain anything positive from the experience?

5. What is Catherine Barton's role during the trial?

6. What is Sir Isaac's plan to discover the location of the manufactured phosphorus?

7. Does Sir Isaac approve or disapprove of the Earl of Lostwihiel and Colonel Barnes' new garrison of troops?

8. What are the negative aspects and results of the coronation of the king?

9. What is the significance of the cheering public throwing coins at Jack in his cell?

10. What evidence does the Clubb find to expose Bolingbroke and White as counterfeiters?

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