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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 4 days.

2. What did Rivka cut after the rabbi died to signify mourning in Chapter 22?
(a) Collar.
(b) Her arms.
(c) Hair.
(d) Her sleeve.

3. How old was Thomas Farrow when he died?
(a) 47.
(b) 41.
(c) 38.
(d) 32.

4. At the end of Chapter 27, why does Helen say that Aaron cannot read the last letters in the folio?
(a) They need to be handled with gloves.
(b) They are not Ester's papers.
(c) They are in a different language.
(d) Damaged by iron gall ink.

5. What is the date of the document Aaron tears in Chapter 17?
(a) April 30, 1665.
(b) April 20, 1665.
(c) April 17, 1665.
(d) April 3, 1665.

6. In Chapter 23, how long does Patricia say that the letter with the wax seal will take to be ready to be read?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 4 days.

7. What was the date in Chapter 28?
(a) August 12, 1667.
(b) March 3, 1667.
(c) September 1, 1667.
(d) July 11, 1667.

8. Who wrote An Apologie for That Denied the Fyre?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Ester.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Alvaro.

9. What time does Helen want Aaron to meet her in Chapter 27?
(a) 3:30.
(b) 3:00.
(c) 2:00.
(d) 2:30.

10. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Her office.
(b) Rare manuscripts room.
(c) Parish records office.
(d) Richmond Local Studies.

11. In Chapter 26, what did the vicar smell of?
(a) Something rotten.
(b) Death.
(c) Fried foods.
(d) Incense and damp stone.

12. What disease does Helen have?
(a) Huntington's.
(b) Parkinson's.
(c) Multiple Schlerosis.
(d) Fibromyalgia.

13. In Chapter 21, when did Ester marry Manuel HaLevy?
(a) July 20, 1665.
(b) September 4,1666.
(c) March 1, 1667.
(d) November 3, 1666.

14. At the end of Chapter 25, where did Helen imagine herself to be?
(a) Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
(b) In 17th century London.
(c) In 17th century Richmond.
(d) Home.

15. How much money did Ester have in Chapter 18 when she had been paid by Mary?
(a) 18 shillings.
(b) 15 shillings.
(c) 11 shillings.
(d) 9 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Wilton say that Mendes died?

2. What is the date of the first document that Patricia brings Aaron in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 21, when does Bridgette say they will open the house?

4. What did Ester find in Mary's dressing table drawer to take with them in Chapter 26?

5. In Chapter 18, what work of Spinoza's did Ester refer in her first letter to him?

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