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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 19 - 24).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Felicity think Helena has given to Henry through the needle?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Saline.
(c) Atropa belladonna.
(d) Gin.

2. In Chapter 21, how do Felicity, Percy, and Henry manage to get passage on the boat?
(a) They bribe the boatswain.
(b) They dress as sailors.
(c) They steal papers from someone else to get on.
(d) They stow away in the cargo hold.

3. In Chapter 20, how do Percy, Felicity, and Henry get away from the Robles's house?
(a) Percy blinds Helena with hot water.
(b) Felicity stabs Helena in the leg.
(c) Percy clubs Helena, knocking her out temporarily.
(d) Felicity shoves Helena into the fire.

4. In Chapter 19, what is the name of Mateu Robles's song about death that he composed?
(a) Dirge in D Minor.
(b) Fugue.
(c) Vanitas Vanitatum.
(d) Ode to Rebirth.

5. In Chapter 18, why does Mateu Robles refuse to tell Helena and Dante the cipher for the Baseggio box?
(a) He is afraid Helena will use it to cure herself.
(b) He is afraid Helena will give the Lazarus key to the Duke of Bourbon in order to free him from jail.
(c) He is afraid he will die himself if it ever gets out.
(d) He is afraid Helena and Dante will sell it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Percy tell Henry is the matter with Percy?

2. What do Eva and Ernesta say Henry must do with the puzzle box?

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

4. In Chapter 16, what does Helena heat on the fire for all of them for breakfast?

5. In Chapter 12, how does Henry manage to get the bank person to give him some money from his father's account?

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