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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is the altar boy that lingers after Father Giovanni's Mass in the beginning of “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) Sava.
(b) Alia.
(c) Paolo.
(d) Mark.

3. What is "avodat ha kodesh" translated as in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) "A holy work."
(b) "A betrayal."
(c) "A mortal sin."
(d) "The sanctity of marriage."

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

5. What is the name of Hanna's mother's secretary?
(a) Lola.
(b) Janine.
(c) Dora.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Micha tells the soldier that comes looking for Ruti that she left his shop with a soldier from where in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?

3. What was the name of the woman who was driving the car with Hanna's mother in it when she crashed?

4. Who is the colleague of Hanna's that has supposedly been in Sarajevo in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the birth of Rosa's baby described in “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492”?

2. How does Ruti come to learn that the soldiers are seeking her for arrest in “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492”?

3. Why is Reuben Ben Shoushan arrested? What does he confess to?

4. What information does Hanna learn about her father in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?

5. What problem does Father Vistorini find with the illustrations in the Sarajevo Haggadah?

6. What information does Frau Zweig relate to Hanna in “Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?

7. What does Reyna de Serena ask of Judah Aryeh in exchange for funds for the Jews in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?

8. How does Rosa manage to escape arrest in “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492”?

9. What is Ruti's relationship with Kabbalah? Why is this scandalous?

10. What has caused Hanna's mother to become hospitalized in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"? Where does Hanna go to see her?

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