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

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

3. In Chapter 17, what island does Percy say the names of Lazarus's sisters remind him of?
(a) Sante Maria e Melissa.
(b) Sante Maria e Ruth.
(c) Sante Maria e Magdalene.
(d) Sante Maria e Marta.

4. In Chapter 15, what does Henry find to drink at the Robles's house before going to bed?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Cognac.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Gin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Helena do to Henry when she finds him in the study and sees the key is gone from the Baseggio box?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Dante say had to happen for the creation of the Lazarus Key?

3. In Chapter 19, what does the thief-taker do that greatly shakes Henry's composure?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Henry's experience with the thief-taker remind him of?

5. In Chapter 19, what does Henry steal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what language does Helena Robles speak to Henry when he first rings her doorbell and why is he put off when she says she does not speak English?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 15, what does Felicity ask Henry about that makes Henry uncomfortable?

7. In Chapter 13, what is Henry's impression of Dante Robles?

8. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry about the form his panacea takes?

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

10. In Chapter 24, how does Henry convince the French naval men to leave Scipio's ship alone?

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