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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, which of the following terms does Felicity use to mean male homosexuals?
(a) Wenches.
(b) Mollies.
(c) Princesses.
(d) Flagrants.

2. In Chapter 22, how are Percy, Felicity, and Henry discovered on the ship?
(a) Henry faints.
(b) Felicity bleeds on the floor.
(c) Percy sneezes.
(d) Percy has a seizure.

3. Why does Percy tell Henry he would have trouble getting a job?
(a) Because of his lack of connections among the upper classes.
(b) Because of his skin color.
(c) Because of his lack of education.
(d) Because of his learning disability.

4. What do Percy, Henry and Felicity hire from someone in Marseille in order to get to Spain?
(a) A car.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Horses.
(d) Donkeys.

5. In Chapter 19, what is Henry's plan to get himself into the jail?
(a) He is going to engage in sodomy.
(b) He is going to hit someone in the street.
(c) He is going to steal from a street vendor and get caught.
(d) He is going to pretend to be publicly drunk.

6. What do Helena and her brother tell Felicity when she asks what is in the Baseggio box?
(a) A priceless piece of jewelry.
(b) A key.
(c) They do not know.
(d) A special chemical compound.

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

8. In Chapter 13, Henry says Percy might be the only person on earth who thinks what of him?
(a) That he is sober.
(b) That he is really a lord.
(c) That he is decent.
(d) That he is really a nobleman.

9. In Chapter 18, whose jacket does Henry borrow for the opera?
(a) Mateu Robles's.
(b) Percy's.
(c) His father's.
(d) Dante's.

10. What offer does Helena Robles make to Felicity, Percy and Henry in Chapter 14?
(a) That Helena can teach Felicity, Percy and Henry how to make her father's panacea.
(b) That Helena can pay a reward for the return of the box.
(c) That Helena can take Felicity, Percy and Henry on a tour of the city.
(d) That Felicity, Percy and Henry can stay at the Robles's house for a while.

11. In Chapter 18, what happens to Percy at the opera?
(a) He gets very drunk.
(b) He falls off the balcony.
(c) He feels ill and is afraid he might have a seizure.
(d) He loses all his money gambling.

12. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry he used to do with Helena at night as a child to comfort her?
(a) Cover her with an extra blanket.
(b) Sing to her.
(c) Read to hear.
(d) Tie a string from his finger to hers so she would know he was there.

13. In Chapter 24, why is it easier for the French Royal Navy to believe the boat is Henry's than that the boat belongs to its actual captain?
(a) The boat's actual captain does not seem to know sailing lingo.
(b) The sailors obviously respect Henry more than the boat's actual captain.
(c) The boat's actual captain can not speak French, but Henry can.
(d) The boat's actual captain is black.

14. In Chapter 17, what does Percy do in the bookshop that makes Henry feel aroused?
(a) Rubs his foot against Henry's leg.
(b) Kisses Henry.
(c) Takes his shirt off.
(d) Drinks from a glass of water.

15. In Chapter 18, who does Henry corner to pump for information at the gambling table?
(a) Dante.
(b) One of the musicians.
(c) The Duke of Bourbon.
(d) A prison warden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does Henry say he wishes for Felicity?

2. In Chapter 17, what does the book clerk help Henry recognize about the Lazarus Key?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Felicity suggest might make her and Henry's father go easier on Henry?

4. In Chapter 16, Henry is shocked to find a letter to Helena from which of the following in Helena's study?

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

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