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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 14, what kind of a city is Barcelona?
(a) An industrial city.
(b) A musical city.
(c) A walled city.
(d) A port city.

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

3. In Chapter 22, why does the captain of the pirates take Henry, Felicity, and Percy onto his ship?
(a) He thinks Felicity will be able to sew new clothes for the men.
(b) He thinks Henry will be able to translate for them.
(c) He finds out Henry is an earl's son and thinks he might be able to ransom Henry.
(d) He thinks Percy can play music for them.

4. In Chapter 19, what does Henry's experience with the thief-taker remind him of?
(a) His mother beating him.
(b) His father beating him.
(c) His governess.
(d) His friend beating him.

5. In Chapter 17, why does Henry shudder at the thought of the panacea as Felicity describes it?
(a) He does not like thinking about leeches.
(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 needles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, what kind of goods are being transported on the ship Henry is on?

3. In Chapter 18, what is happening to the island in Venice that houses the panacea?

4. What offer does Helena Robles make to Felicity, Percy and Henry in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Henry make for Percy back at the Robles's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 22, what grave error does Henry make in talking to the pirate leader on the deck of the boat?

6. In Chapter 19, where does Mateu Robles get the cipher for the Bassegio Box?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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