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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Hanna and Ozren doing in her dream in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) Walking in the woods.
(c) Making muffins.
(d) Walking on the beach.

2. In what color is David's body clad in for burial in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

3. When he presents the Sarajevo Haggadah to Giovanni, Judah Aryeh claims he obtained the book by what means?
(a) By buying it from an artist.
(b) By winning a game of chess.
(c) By making it himself.
(d) By inheriting it from his grandfather.

4. How old was Hanna's father when he died?
(a) 32.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 39.

5. By when are the Jews ordered to move from the kingdoms in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) By the end of June, 1493.
(b) By the end of July, 1492.
(c) By the end of December, 1492.
(d) By the end of August, 1493.

6. What pope had claimed, "I am pope everywhere except in Venice," according to the narrator in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) Pope John XXIII.
(b) Pope Benedict XVI.
(c) Pope Gregory XIII.
(d) Pope Pius XI.

7. What word in the novel refers to a special type of Jewish prenuptial agreement that is part of the traditional Jewish marriage?
(a) Ketubah.
(b) Chutzpah.
(c) Ganef.
(d) Fleishig.

8. Who is in the photograph with the woman wearing the silver earring in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?
(a) Serif and Stela Kamal.
(b) Dr. Hirschfeldt and his wife.
(c) Delilah Sharanksy and her husband.
(d) Arthur Schnitzler.

9. How old is Zahra when she is taken into slavery?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

10. What game do Judah Aryeh and Father Vistorini play regarding the censorship of the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) A game of poker.
(b) A game of checkers.
(c) A game of lots.
(d) A game of chess.

11. Who brings Miriam word that Ruti is going to a hiding place in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) Micha.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Sava.
(d) Lola.

12. Who greets Hanna when she arrives at Scotland Yard in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?
(a) Keith Lowery.
(b) Delilah Sharanksy.
(c) Serif and Stela Kamal.
(d) Clarissa Montague-Morgan.

13. What does Ruti intend to use to pay for passage on a ship in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) Her uncle's inheritance money.
(b) Her dowry.
(c) The gold that she stole from Rosa's family.
(d) The silver medallion from the book's binding.

14. Whom does Reuben claim gave him the objects of Jewish worship under torture?
(a) David.
(b) Ruti.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Rosa.

15. From whom does Reyna de Serena say she obtained the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) From her father.
(b) From her grandmother.
(c) From the manservant of her mother's.
(d) From her great-great-aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the rabbi explain the principle use of kosher salt to Hanna in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?

2. What is "avodat ha kodesh" translated as in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?

3. Where does David Ben Shoushan live with his family in 1492?

4. What leads to the saltwater that is found on the Haggadah's pages?

5. Who were the first Jews to settle in Venice in 1516?

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