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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 Felicity think Helena has given to Henry through the needle?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Atropa belladonna.
(c) Gin.
(d) Saline.

2. 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) Dante is about to be arrested.
(d) Mateu Robles has fled to Venice.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 22, who is the captain of the group of men who took over the boat that Henry, Percy, Felicity are on?
(a) Lawlor.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Scipio.
(d) Bassegio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 24, what surprises Henry about the pirate captain's reaction to his plan regarding the Royal Navy?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Henry tell Mateu Robles he thinks Robles's freedom is contingent upon?

4. In Chapter 20, what is the cipher Mateu Robles told Henry?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Felicity suggest might make her and Henry's father go easier on Henry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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