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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 21, why does the boatswain change his mind about letting Percy, Felicity and Henry on the boat?
(a) He sees Felicity and says women are not allowed on the boat.
(b) He does not want to let upper-class people on the boat.
(c) He sees Henry and says homosexuals are not allowed on the boat.
(d) He sees Percy and says free Negroes are not allowed on the boat.

2. Who is Helena Robles's brother?
(a) Pascal.
(b) Percy.
(c) Dante.
(d) Virgil.

3. In Chapter 17, why does Felicity say she needs to go to a local bookstore?
(a) To buy Mateu Robles's book.
(b) To look for a book on Catalan history.
(c) To look for a book on magical spells.
(d) To look for a Spanish language dictionary.

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

5. In Chapter 24, what surprises Henry about the pirate captain's reaction to his plan regarding the Royal Navy?
(a) The pirate captain thanks Henry profusely.
(b) The pirate captain thanks Percy instead of Henry.
(c) The pirate captain does not thank Henry.
(d) The pirate captain thanks Felicity instead of Henry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, what is one thing Percy, Felicity and Henry drink on the ship?

3. In Chapter 18, who does Henry corner to pump for information at the gambling table?

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

5. In Chapter 19, what is the first question Dante asks Henry when he gets out of jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 16, what information does Henry learn from snooping through letters in the Robles's study?

4. In Chapter 15, why does Felicity tell Henry she is sorry for him?

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

6. 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?

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

8. In Chapter 23, what does Henry convince Scipio to let him do as the French naval ship approaches?

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

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

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