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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. To what group did Magda's father belong?

2. How many calls have been made to Caliph from Gilly?

3. What does Peter admit to Kingston Parker?

4. What condition causes Gilly alarm?

5. What is Cynthia's reaction after MJ's rescue.

Short Essay Questions

1. Magda is given details by her Mossad controller that makes her believe that he is actually Caliph. What are they?

2. At Thor Command, Colin and Parker have information that takes Peter's legs out from under him, and changes the way he feels for Magda. What is that information?

3. Both Magda and Peter reach one conclusion that leads them to a second as they each think the other is Caliph. What are those conclusions and how do they affect the outcome?

4. When Peter sees Magda next, they both see something different in each other. What is it and how do they give themselves away?

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

7. Peter has a plan to bring Caliph down. How is Steven going to help him to flush Caliph out into the open?

8. Steven's feelings dramatically change pre and post phone call with Caliph. In what way and why?

9. In his highly emotional state, he believes the worst about Magda is possible. What one factor above all others makes her identity as Caliph unlikely and why?

10. What does Magda do to test Peter to see if he is really Caliph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With Caliph, Peter quickly learns that nothing is as it appears. What are some examples of that statement? How does this complicate his assessment of who Caliph is? Give at least three examples from the book in which Caliph uses duplicity or deception to conceal identity or intention.

Essay Topic 2

What position is Peter offered finally? Who has told him he would be ideal for the job in the past? Why does Magda's hail to the new position bother Peter and what does he ask of her? How does Peter see this position and what is it that inspires him to accept it? Who brings him the news and takes his answer back to those who offered the position?

Essay Topic 3

Peter suspects Magda of being Caliph on more than one occasion. What prompts him to have those suspicions? What events are attributed to her and why? Who fosters and fuels these suspicions and what do they hope to gain in the process?

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