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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 25, when does Helen have an appointment with Jonathan Martin?
(a) 1:30. p.m.
(b) 2 p.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

2. What does Ester want Alvaro to do with her papers after her death?
(a) Read them.
(b) Publish them.
(c) Hide them.
(d) Burn them.

3. In Chapter 21, what time did librarian Patricia say that conservationist Patricia would be down?
(a) 1 p.m.
(b) 2 p.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

4. What do the Eastons name their house in Chapter 27?
(a) Prospect House.
(b) Easton House.
(c) Hope House.
(d) Prior House.

5. In Chapter 22, who put the cross on Mary's door?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Thomas.
(c) A servant.
(d) Bescos.

6. How many trips did it take Ester in Chapter 22 to carry her things to the da Costa Mendes house?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

7. What was the date of Ester's letter to Spinoza at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) June 17, 1665.
(b) June 28, 1665.
(c) June 1, 1665.
(d) June 13, 1665.

8. In Chapter 28, who made arrangements to print Mendes's Seven Areguments Against a False Messiah.
(a) Ester.
(b) Alvaro HaLevy.
(c) Benjamin HaLevy.
(d) Amsterdam Jews.

9. What is the date of the first document that Patricia brings Aaron in Chapter 17?
(a) December 1664.
(b) November 1664.
(c) February 1665.
(d) January 1665.

10. In Chapter 18, what did Rivka do to earn extra money?
(a) Cooked.
(b) Worked for a seamstress.
(c) Took in laundry.
(d) Took in mending.

11. In Chapter 24 after Bescos visits, how long was it before Rivka ventured out again?
(a) 4 days.
(b) Several days.
(c) A week.
(d) 6 days.

12. What did Ester find in Mary's dressing table drawer to take with them in Chapter 26?
(a) Gold.
(b) Necklaces.
(c) Rings.
(d) Coins.

13. In Chapter 22, what did Rivka get a delivery boy to help with?
(a) Lift a sack of coal.
(b) Go to a shop.
(c) Help move the rabbi.
(d) Move furniture.

14. In Chapter 17 by noon how many documents has Aaron transcribed?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. How long after Ester's fever broke in Chapter 24, was she able to stand without support?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, when did Ester marry Manuel HaLevy?

2. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 24, how long has it been since Ester had spoken to anyone other than Mary or Rivka?

4. In Chapter 17, how big of a gash does Aaron put in a document?

5. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 25?

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