1. At the end of "A Dying Light in Corduba", Helena Justina gave birth to a baby girl. We don't find out her name till the beginning of "Three Hands in the Fountain". What was the baby called? Helena Didia Falco Julia Junilla Laeitana Julia Justa Junilla Tacita

2. Why had Petronius been suspended from the vigiles before the beginning of "Three Hands in the Fountain"? He had insulted the emperor. He had been caught embezzling firefighting funds. He was sleeping with a gangster's daughter. He had seriously injured some suspects, beating them up.

3. Which Roman writer, some of whose works still survive, does Falco work with in "Three Hands in the Fountain"? Frontinus Pliny the Elder Vitruvius Pliny the Younger

4. Bolanus, the engineer's assistant who acts as Falco's technical adviser on the water system in "Three Hands in the Fountain", estimated the output of one of the aqueducts in Rome at how many cubic feet per day? 7,000,000 4,900,000 700,000 49,000,000

5. The serial killer in "Three Hands in the Fountain" abducted a woman near the end of the book and would have killed her if he hadn't been caught. Who? Claudia Rufina Cornella Flacida Marina Helena Justina

6. How was Leonidas killed in "Two For the Lions"? He was poisoned. He was speared. He was eaten by a lion. He was caught in a fire.

7. Who saved Falco from the leopardess in "Two For the Lions"? Saturninus Geminus Thalia Famia

8. Justinus, Helena Justina's brother, eloped with Claudia Rufina at the end of "Three Hands in the Fountain". In "Two For the Lions" we find out that they went to North Africa. What was Justinus hoping to find there? A lost city Souvenirs of Hannibal Buried treasure A plant

9. The jebel is often mentioned as a feature of the landscape in "Two For the Lions", but what is it? An oasis Hilly or mountainous land A river channel Sand dunes

10. In "Two For the Lions", how did Falco's brother-in-law die ? He drank himself to death. He was killed in the arena. He fell overboard from a ship. He got lost in the desert.

11. The Flamen Pomonalis was uncle to Gaia Laelia, the little girl who tried to hire Falco at the beginning of "One Virgin Too Many". What relationship was he to her more precisely? Mother's sister's husband Mother's brother Father's brother Father's sister's husband

12. In "One Virgin Too Many", Helena Justina's brother Aulianus wants to join the Arval Brethren. The Arval Brethren wear special wreaths made of what? Cherry blossom Laurel leaves Ears of corn Olive leaves

13. Although Falco's niece Cloelia's name had been put forward to become a Vestal Virgin in "One Virgin Too Many", she was ineligible. Why? She had a club foot. Her father was dead. She was too old. She wasn't a virgin.

14. In "One Virgin Too Many" Falco breaks into the house of the Vestal Virgins by night to question one of them. Highly illegal, of course. What is the penalty if he gets caught? Castration Death by stoning Being sold into slavery Being sewn into a sack with a dog, a cock, a monkey, and a snake and thrown into the Tiber.

15. At the end of "One Virgin Too Many", Falco was suspended upside down on ropes and lowered down into a disused well in a rescue attempt. Who were the three people holding on to the ropes? Anacrites, Petronius, Aelianus Helena Justina, Aelianus, Anacrites Aelianus, Petronius, an unnamed member of the vigiles Camillus Verus, Petronius, Anacrites