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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, how can Henry tell when he finds Mateu Robles in jail?
(a) Robles is missing two fingers.
(b) Robles has a shaved head.
(c) Robles is missing an ear.
(d) Robles is missing an eye.

2. In Chapter 19, what does the thief-taker call Henry?
(a) Rapscallion.
(b) Rogue.
(c) Faggot.
(d) Pervert.

3. In Chapter 18, what does Dante say had to happen for the creation of the Lazarus Key?
(a) His father had to spend all his money.
(b) His mother had to give her life.
(c) His mother had to cut off her fingers.
(d) His father had to sell his soul to the devil.

4. In Chapter 19, what is the first question Dante asks Henry when he gets out of jail?
(a) Whether his father told Henry the cipher or not.
(b) How his father looked.
(c) Whether his father asked about him.
(d) Whether his father knew the island in Venice is sinking.

5. In Chapter 18, what is happening to the island in Venice that houses the panacea?
(a) A war is being fought upon its land.
(b) Birds are completely taking over.
(c) It is being bulldozed for houses.
(d) It is sinking into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Dante say his father was obsessed with before his death?

2. In Chapter 22, who is injured by the commotion on the ship?

3. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain change his mind about letting Percy, Felicity and Henry on the boat?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry about the panacea that makes him squeamish?

5. In Chapter 20, where does Henry hastily hide the Lazarus Key when he is in the Robles's study?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what offer does Helena make that surprises Henry and Percy?

2. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain refuse to let Felicity, Percy, and Henry on the boat to Italy once he sees them all together?

3. In Chapter 19, why does Henry fake a theft?

4. In Chapter 19, why does Mateu Robles tell Henry he does not think any man should possess the panacea?

5. In Chapter 13, what is interesting and different about the Robles's study?

6. In Chapter 20, why does Helena stab Henry when she finds him in the study?

7. In Chapter 19, why does the thief-taker's striking of Henry's face cause Henry such shame and fright?

8. At the end of Chapter 17, what does Felicity tell both Percy and Henry that makes them both embarrassed and squeamish?

9. In Chapter 19, what does Henry say to the thief-taker that prompts the thief-taker to strike him?

10. In Chapter 16, what does Helena Robles tell Percy and Henry her father and Percy have in common?

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