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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492” (continued) – “A White Hair: Seville, 1480”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week is the Muslim Sabbath?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

2. Who is the head of the museum library that is said to have saved the Sarajevo Haggadah during the Bosnian War in the novel?
(a) Yad Vashem.
(b) Joseph Kohen.
(c) Jim Bardayal.
(d) Ozren Karaman.

3. How old is Dr. Heinrich when Hanna visits him in 1996?
(a) 76.
(b) 59.
(c) 81.
(d) 65.

4. How much time passed between the day the monarchs signed the edict of expulsion of the Jews and the day they finally ordered its proclamation, according to the narrator in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

5. By what nickname does Ruti's father call her?
(a) Lola.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the abbreviation K.u.K. stand for in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

2. Who is the chief archivist at the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien?

3. What river is described in the opening of “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

4. What are Hanna and Ozren doing in her dream in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?

5. What was the group of Jews called that arrived in Venice after being expelled from Spain and then Portugal by the Catholic monarchs?

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