View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mireille disguise herself so that she can return to Paris as the Abbess ordered?

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

3. Where is the Service's chessboard located?

4. From whom does Robespierre tell David that he learned about the service?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the secret message that El-Marad gives to Catherine and for whom is that secret message intended?

2. How many pieces have been located by Catherine and her friends and where are they located?

3. What is Paul's plan now that Catherine the Great has died?

4. Describe in detail how Catherine, Lily and Carioca make it out of the restaurant?

5. What prophecy does Charlot offer to Napoleon?

6. What alternative plan does Solarin offer once it is obvious that the storm has blown the ship significantly off course?

7. What events happen with the Bishop in London and what does she bring him?

8. What has the Abbess concealed in her room and how does Catherine react to it when the Abbess reveals it to her?

9. What does Mireille see when she arrives at the hidden valley and what happens when she arrives there?

10. What information does Charlot share with Mireille and what sacrifice does Charlot make for Mireille?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use the technical writing technique having one character reveal information to another? Does the author use it effectively? How? If not, how could she have done it better?

Essay Topic 2

What quests share similar characteristics and have similar stories? In what ways are they similar? Use specific examples from the novel to support your suppositions.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the the ultimate revelation which is revealed in the book's final moments. How is it foreshadowed throughout the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 720 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample