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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what is Henry's plan to get himself into the jail?
(a) He is going to engage in sodomy.
(b) He is going to pretend to be publicly drunk.
(c) He is going to steal from a street vendor and get caught.
(d) He is going to hit someone in the street.

2. What does Henry say is the sweetest thing Percy has ever said to him in Chapter 13?
(a) Percy says Henry is the funniest person he has ever met.
(b) Percy says Henry is the smartest person he knows.
(c) Percy says he would knock Henry's father out if he ever saw him again.
(d) Percy says he wants Henry to come with him to law school.

3. In Chapter 18, why is Henry so upset with Dante when he and Felicity come back from the opera?
(a) Dante has contacted Henry's father.
(b) Dante is kissing Felicity.
(c) Dante has stolen Percy's violin.
(d) Dante has stolen Henry's money.

4. In Chapter 18, what does Henry make for Percy back at the Robles's house?
(a) A bed.
(b) Tea.
(c) Dessert.
(d) Pasta.

5. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain change his mind about letting Percy, Felicity and Henry on the boat?
(a) He sees Percy and says free Negroes are not allowed on the boat.
(b) He sees Felicity and says women are not allowed on the boat.
(c) He does not want to let upper-class people on the boat.
(d) He sees Henry and says homosexuals are not allowed on the boat.

6. In Chapter 17, what island does Percy say the names of Lazarus's sisters remind him of?
(a) Sante Maria e Melissa.
(b) Sante Maria e Magdalene.
(c) Sante Maria e Marta.
(d) Sante Maria e Ruth.

7. In Chapter 17, what does the book shop clerk tell Henry to look for books about?
(a) Florentine history.
(b) Greek history.
(c) Roman history.
(d) Venetian history.

8. In Chapter 18, why does Mateu Robles refuse to tell Helena and Dante the cipher for the Baseggio box?
(a) He is afraid Helena and Dante will sell it.
(b) He is afraid Helena will give the Lazarus key to the Duke of Bourbon in order to free him from jail.
(c) He is afraid he will die himself if it ever gets out.
(d) He is afraid Helena will use it to cure herself.

9. In Chapter 16, Henry is shocked to find a letter to Helena from which of the following in Helena's study?
(a) Henry's father.
(b) Percy.
(c) Pascal.
(d) The Duke of Bourbon.

10. In Chapter 16, what does Helena heat on the fire for all of them for breakfast?
(a) A pot of soup.
(b) A kettle of chocolate.
(c) A container of sandwiches.
(d) A griddle of toast.

11. In Chapter 23, what does the captain of the pirate ship say he is going to send to Henry's father?
(a) A letter from Henry.
(b) One of Henry's toes.
(c) A lock of Henry's hair.
(d) One of Henry's fingers.

12. In Chapter 16, what instrument is Mateu Robles's music meant to be performed upon?
(a) A flute.
(b) A crystallophone.
(c) A harp.
(d) A piano.

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

14. In Chapter 18, what does Henry learn from the man at the gambling table at the opera?
(a) Helena is not really Mateu Robles's daughter.
(b) Mateu Robles is not dead.
(c) Mateu Robles has fled to Venice.
(d) Dante is about to be arrested.

15. In Chapter 19, what does Henry steal?
(a) Pork.
(b) Pastries.
(c) Money.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Percy do in the bookshop that makes Henry feel aroused?

2. Who is Helena Robles's brother?

3. What do Percy, Henry and Felicity hire from someone in Marseille in order to get to Spain?

4. In Chapter 19, what does Percy tell Henry before Henry goes to enact his plan to get arrested?

5. In Chapter 17, why does Felicity say she needs to go to a local bookstore?

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