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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. What balance does Peter insist to Parker must exist?

2. What kind of boat does Magda take Peter out on his second day on her island?

3. What did Aaron admit to Magda he had known all along?

4. Where is Steven told to begin his journey to meet Caliph?

5. What mistake does Magda believe Caliph made in his contact with Aaron?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter respond to Kingston's visit to Abbots Yew?

2. Peter tells Magda everything he knows. Which parts are wrong?

3. Peter receives several warnings that Magda has doubts about him. What are those warnings and how does he respond?

4. Peter makes preparations to take Steven's place at the meeting with Caliph. What are they?

5. Peter and Magda are not together again for some time. When her call comes, what does she want, and how does Peter interpret her request.

6. What is Cynthia's response after MJ's rescue?

7. What does Kingston expressly forbid Peter to do and how should Kingston expect Peter to respond based on his history?

8. Gilly is disturbed by some of the arrangements made by Caliph. What are they, and why do they make Gilly nervous?

9. What does Gilly do to minimize their risk of capture?

10. What drives Peter to chase the escaping car alone and what risks is he willing to take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter and Steven are twins but differ in many ways. How are they the same? What do they share that is unique to twin relationships? What characteristics are different between them? What would you speculate to be the main reason for these differences?

Essay Topic 2

What is Atlas? For what purpose is it created? In what way is it successful and in what way does it fail? Who can the failure be attributed to? What is necessary to make it succeed?

Essay Topic 3

When Melissa-Jane is kidnapped, Caliph uses sources outside of the inner circle. Why is that? Why are her kidnappers instructed to take her to Laragh? What about the location bothers Gilly? How is this different from Caliph's behavior until this point and what can we presume is the intention of this deviation from normalcy?

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