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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 20, what does Helena do to Henry when she finds him in the study and sees the key is gone from the Baseggio box?
(a) Stabs him with a knife.
(b) Cuts off his finger.
(c) Stabs him with a needle of some drug.
(d) Knocks him out with a statue.

2. In Chapter 24, what does Felicity do to tend to her own injuries?
(a) Sew her wound shut herself.
(b) Remove the slivers out of her wound with makeshift tweezers.
(c) Make a sanitizing solution out of vinegar and baking soda for her wound.
(d) Sterilize her wound with heat.

3. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry about the panacea that makes him squeamish?
(a) The person who uses it must first open a vein and drain some blood from himself or herself.
(b) The heart that it is contained in must be consumed for the panacea to work.
(c) The person who uses it must first cut all his hair off.
(d) The person who uses it must first kill at least two other people.

4. In Chapter 14, what language do most of the people Henry comes across in Barcelona speak?
(a) English mixed with French.
(b) Spanish mixed with Basque.
(c) English mixed with Spanish.
(d) French mixed with Catalan.

5. In Chapter 22, who is injured by the commotion on the ship?
(a) Felicity.
(b) Henry.
(c) Percy.
(d) Pascal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what happens when Henry and Percy are about to kiss?

2. What does Henry often smoke?

3. In Chapter 13, Henry says Percy might be the only person on earth who thinks what of him?

4. In Chapter 21, how do Felicity, Percy, and Henry manage to get passage on the boat?

5. In Chapter 22, why does the captain of the pirates take Henry, Felicity, and Percy onto his ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 17, why do Percy, Henry and Felicity all go to a local bookstore in Barcelona?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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