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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Catherine and Lily head once they leave the city of Oran?
(a) Paris
(b) England
(c) Russia
(d) Algiers

2. Who does Minnie tell Catherine has nine other pieces?
(a) Sharrif
(b) Mordecai
(c) Solarin
(d) Harry

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

4. What does Minnie give to Catherine and Lily?
(a) Mireille's diary
(b) The cloth
(c) Weapons
(d) Several pieces of the service

5. What other person does Catherine learn has the same birthday as she?
(a) El-Marad
(b) Kamel
(c) Mokhifi
(d) Charlemagne

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

7. From where does Charlotte recognize the pattern from Robespierre's diagram?
(a) Cloth that covered the service
(b) Charlotte's robes
(c) David's paintings
(d) Bishops clothes

8. What small gift does Catherine present to El-Marad's daughter when they arrive at his house?
(a) A note from Nim
(b) Money
(c) A white queen chess piece
(d) A falcon

9. What does Mireille want the Bishop to do to gain control of the White Queen's pieces?
(a) Steal them from her
(b) Marry her
(c) Sleep with her
(d) Hide them from her

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

11. How does the Bishop describe England after he is told he is an enemy of the British people?
(a) The white queen
(b) The black land
(c) The white land
(d) The black queen

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

13. Where is the Service's chessboard located?
(a) Russia
(b) London
(c) America
(d) France

14. What do Catherine and Lily see when they return to their car?
(a) Sharrif's security forces
(b) Minnie sitting in the seat
(c) Carioca digging under the ground
(d) A figure eight on the side

15. What is Solarin's relationship with Minnie?
(a) Nephew
(b) Godson
(c) Grandson
(d) Son

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Abbess hope to learn from Catherine the Great before she dies?

3. What city of the past do Catherine and Lily supposedly drive through as they follow the route Minnie drove?

4. What happened to the king after the end of the lunar and solar calendars cycle back to their starting points?

5. Why does Mireille state in her diary that she refuses to leave Paris?

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