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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. Whose offer of marriage did Ester refuse in Chapter 13?
(a) Alvaro HaLevy.
(b) Richard Allende.
(c) Manuel HaLevy.
(d) Benjamin Easton.

2. In Chapter 14, what month was it?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) February.

3. How many postgraduates accompany Wilton to the rare manuscripts room in Chapter 15?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. When is Helen allowed to read the Easton manuscripts in the rare manuscripts room?
(a) December 8.
(b) November 30.
(c) November 19.
(d) December 1.

5. Where did Ester say goodbye to Alvaro in Chapter 16?
(a) Her home.
(b) His home.
(c) The docks.
(d) The park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helen using to try to keep warm in Chapter 7?

2. How many times was it rumored that Diego da Costa Mendes had gone courting since his wife's death in Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 2, who requested that Rabbi Mendes come to England?

4. In Chapter 7, what was the name of the person who wrote to Mendes and complained about his using a girl for a scribe?

5. In Chapter 13, who does Aaron compare Ester to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why did the rabbi tell Rivka that Ester read in the night?

2. How does Helen learn about the papers from the seventeenth century?

3. In Chapter 14, what did Mendes say about Spinoza?

4. In Chapter 6, what did Ester see when she was onboard a ship?

5. In Chapter 1, why does Darcy recommend Aaron Levy to help Helen?

6. In Chapter 16 who wanted to marry Ester and why?

7. What does the Easton house look like in Chapter 3?

8. In Chapter 11, how does Aaron act in the rare manuscripts room?

9. What advice did Mendes offer in Chapter 4?

10. In Chapter 15, how did Helen learn of Dror's death?

(see the answer keys)

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