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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second part of the Talmud called?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Mishnah.
(c) The Vedas.
(d) The Gemara.

2. What museum does Hanna describe visiting in the beginning of "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?
(a) The Whitney Museum.
(b) The Museum of Modern Art.
(c) The National Maritime Museum.
(d) The Tate Museum.

3. What does Hanna learn when she finally reaches Ozren's apartment on the phone in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?
(a) She learns her mother has died.
(b) She learns the Sarajevo Haggadah has been destroyed by bombing.
(c) She learns the Sarajevo Haggadah has been stolen.
(d) She learns that Alia has died.

4. What leads to the saltwater that is found on the Haggadah's pages?
(a) They appear when the book falls from the ship.
(b) They appear when Rosa kills herself.
(c) They appear when Ruti baptizes Rosa's baby.
(d) They appear when Ruti swims to the ship.

5. What is the name of the bookbinder that Ruti becomes involved with?
(a) Ozren.
(b) Habib.
(c) Micha.
(d) Sava.

6. For how long has Raz been married in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

7. What is the name of Raz's wife?
(a) Aida.
(b) Alia.
(c) Sara.
(d) Afsana.

8. From what animal is the hair that was found on the Sarajevo Haggadah, according to the analyst?
(a) It is from a weasel.
(b) It is from a cat.
(c) It is from a squirrel.
(d) It is from a dog.

9. When was Hanna's father invited to create the first Russian language department at the University of New South Wales?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1962.

10. What type of surgery does Hanna's mother undergo after the car accident in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) A back surgery.
(b) A hysterectomy.
(c) A splenectomy.
(d) Neurosurgery.

11. 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) Four weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

12. In what year was the queen's confessor, Tomas de Torquemada named Grand Inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition?
(a) 1511.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1483.
(d) 1477.

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

14. Where is Hanna's mother being held at the hospital in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) Mount Zion Hospital.
(b) Mount Auburn Hospital.
(c) St. Mary's Hospital.
(d) Bellevue Hospital.

15. What image appears on the clasp to the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Wings.
(c) Stars.
(d) Circles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the group of Jews called that arrived in Venice from Egypt and Syria?

2. Who is Hanna's friend that offers her a cottage in Hampstead in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?

3. How old was Father Giovanni Vistorini when he came to Venice?

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

5. What word in the novel refers to a special type of Jewish prenuptial agreement that is part of the traditional Jewish marriage?

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