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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 18, what is happening to the island in Venice that houses the panacea?
(a) It is sinking into the sea.
(b) It is being bulldozed for houses.
(c) Birds are completely taking over.
(d) A war is being fought upon its land.

2. 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 sees Percy and says free Negroes are not allowed on the boat.
(c) He sees Henry and says homosexuals are not allowed on the boat.
(d) He does not want to let upper-class people on the boat.

3. In Chapter 17, what does Felicity say women do not have the luxury of being squeamish about?
(a) Pain.
(b) Poop.
(c) Needles.
(d) Blood.

4. In Chapter 19, what is the first question Dante asks Henry when he gets out of jail?
(a) Whether his father knew the island in Venice is sinking.
(b) Whether his father asked about him.
(c) Whether his father told Henry the cipher or not.
(d) How his father looked.

5. In Chapter 22, what kind of goods are being transported on the ship Henry is on?
(a) Illegal liquor.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Fine china.
(d) Dutch East India goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, who is injured by the commotion on the ship?

2. In Chapter 17, why does Henry shudder at the thought of the panacea as Felicity describes it?

3. In Chapter 23, what is the name of the greenhorn on the pirate ship?

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

5. In Chapter 15, what does Henry find to drink at the Robles's house before going to bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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