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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 23, what kind of boat is after the pirate ship Percy, Henry and Felicity are held hostage on?
(a) An English frigate ship.
(b) An American cargo ship.
(c) An Irish war ship.
(d) A French Royal Navy Ship.

2. In Chapter 17, why does Henry shudder at the thought of the panacea as Felicity describes it?
(a) He does not like thinking about needles.
(b) He does not like thinking about bones.
(c) He does not like thinking about all that blood.
(d) He does not like thinking about leeches.

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

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

5. In Chapter 19, what does the thief-taker call Henry?
(a) Faggot.
(b) Rapscallion.
(c) Rogue.
(d) Pervert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, what does Helena say of the opera when she arrives home?

3. In Chapter 22, how are Percy, Felicity, and Henry discovered on the ship?

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

5. In Chapter 19, what is the name of Mateu Robles's song about death that he composed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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