Answers to Thief Lord Questions

Chapters 27-35

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1. The aged Conte wanted the wooden wing because it would complete the magical merry-go-round which was supposed to possess the property of making young people age and elderly people become young instantly; the Conte must have hoped to regain his youth by riding on it.
2. The children identified with Ida Spavento when they learned that she had grown up in an orphanage.
3. Ida Spavento agreed to give the children the lion’s wing because it was useless to her except as a keepsake. In return for the wing, she wanted to join them in the midnight meeting with the Conte so that they could follow him and see the merry-go-round.
4. Scipio didn’t want to live under his father’s strict rule. Also, he feared his father’s punishment if his thievery and second life were discovered.
5. Victor lied to the Hartliebs regarding the whereabouts of their nephews because he had decided not to betray the children, realizing that Bo would be miserable with the Hartliebs. He also did not want to separate the brothers.
6. Ida was afraid to follow the Conte to the Isola Segreta because there were rumors that those who set foot on the island were never seen again. Also, as the group approached the island, they were shot at by the Conte and saw enormous dogs.
7. Prosper assumed that it was Victor who betrayed the gang’s hiding place because only he, aside from the children, knew about the Star-Palace.
8. Dr. Massimo, unaware of his son Scipio’s involvement with Hornet and the other children, considered Hornet a naughty child who was probably a thief.
9. Victor discovered that the Conte paid the gang in counterfeit money.
10. The Hartliebs managed to find Bo by posting pictures of the child around the city. An elderly woman identified him from the pictures, which led to his capture.