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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does the Bishop decide to bury pieces from the Montglane Service?
(a) Pennsylvania
(b) Maine
(c) Virginia
(d) Vermont

2. In what way are Solarin and Nim related?
(a) Father and son
(b) Grandfather and grandson
(c) Brothers
(d) Uncle and nephew

3. What was another name for The White Queen?
(a) Valentine
(b) Mireille
(c) The Woman from India
(d) Germaine

4. What does Mireille name the falcon that she captures and trains to hunt for her and her guide as they travel across Algeria?
(a) Charlot
(b) Charlemagne
(c) Catherine
(d) Shahin

5. Which of the following characters helps Mireille get the Abbess out of her prison?
(a) Valentine
(b) Alexander
(c) Catherine
(d) Paul

6. Why can't El-Marad go to visit the woman who has several of the chess pieces himself?
(a) He does not have a passport
(b) She lives in a women-only environment
(c) She refuses to see him
(d) He is to ill to be able to travel

7. How do Catherine, Lily and the dog escape from the bar and Sharrif?
(a) Escape on horseback
(b) Kamel saves them
(c) Run to their vehicle
(d) Jump in the water

8. What do Catherine, Lily and Solarin decide is the only way to test their theory?
(a) Gather all of the pieces
(b) Gather all of the pieces and the board
(c) Get the cloth
(d) Gather the board

9. Who holds the Black Queen?
(a) Abbess
(b) Plato
(c) Paul
(d) Mireille

10. What does Catherine use as a weapon in her attempt to rescue Lily?
(a) Heavy bag of Service pieces
(b) Fisticuffs
(c) Knife
(d) Kamel's gun

11. Which of the following characters claimed to have decoded the formula in the service?
(a) Jefferson
(b) Blake
(c) Philidor
(d) Newton

12. Which of the following characters is revealed to be the Black King?
(a) Harry
(b) Nim
(c) Mordecai
(d) Solarin

13. How many pieces of the service does the Bishop have as he leaves England?
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10

14. Why is Kamel driving Catherine through the mountains of Algeria?
(a) To visit Llewellyn's dealer friend
(b) To begin his project with the computer model
(c) To complete her OPEC work
(d) To show Catherine the countryside

15. Why does Mireille state in her diary that she refuses to leave Paris?
(a) She wants to see her son born into the game
(b) The Abbess ordered her to stay
(c) The Bishop is lookign for her
(d) She is afraid for her life

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters looks like Mireille enough that Mireille can replace her to keep the appointment with the Revolution leader?

2. How did Catherine, Lily and Solarin get to see Robespierre's diagram?

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

4. Whose diagram do Catherine, Lily and Solarin use as the basis for solving the mystery of the configuration of the pieces?

5. Who does Robespierre say that Rousseau learned about the service from?

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