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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 15, what does Felicity suggest might make her and Henry's father go easier on Henry?
(a) If Henry would study medicine.
(b) If Henry would apologize to the Duke of Bourbon.
(c) If Henry would go to law school.
(d) If Henry would stop being attracted to boys.

2. What does Helena Robles tell Henry, Percy, and Felicity has happened to her father, Mateu?
(a) He is in an asylum.
(b) He is in a coma in the hospital.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is in jail.

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

4. In Chapter 20, what does the Lazarus key in the Baseggio box look like?
(a) It is some kind of flexible plastic, and medium-sized.
(b) It is heavy and metal.
(c) It is glittery and gold, and small.
(d) It is very small and looks to be carved out of bone.

5. In Chapter 20, what is the cipher Mateu Robles told Henry?
(a) HELENA.
(b) IMMORTAL.
(c) AGCDAF.
(d) PANACEA.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, which of the following terms does Felicity use to mean male homosexuals?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Henry learn from the man at the gambling table at the opera?

3. In Chapter 24, who does Henry impersonate?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry he used to do with Helena at night as a child to comfort her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Helena Robles tell Henry, Percy and Felicity that devastates Henry?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 13, what does Dante Robles tell Henry his father was obsessed with before his death?

6. In Chapter 19, what does Henry force himself to think about to give himself courage when he is starting to fall apart?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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