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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. What is the date in the Prologue?
(a) March 4, 1691.
(b) July 23, 1691.
(c) April 12, 1691.
(d) June 8, 1691.

2. Who painted Helen's Masada painting?
(a) Dror.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Volunteer.
(d) Arab woman.

3. In Chapter 14, what does Ester do with the pamphlet from the Mahamad?
(a) Reads it to Mendes.
(b) Flattens it in a book.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Puts it with the refuse.

4. In Chapter 4, where does Rabbi Mendes say that he has heard that Rabbi ben Israel has traveled?
(a) Rotterdam.
(b) Middleburg.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Domburg.

5. In Chapter 2, who requested that Rabbi Mendes come to England?
(a) Father.
(b) Niece.
(c) Nephew.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Bridgette's eyes?

2. In Chapter 15, what is the name of Helen's doctor?

3. In Chapter 2, from where did Rabbi Mendes come from?

4. In Chapter 12, how many candles did Ester use when reading Augustine and Descartes in the night?

5. What were the names of the HaLevy boys that Mendes was tutoring in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how did Helen come to buy the Masada painting?

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

3. Why did Rabbi Mendes write Rabbi ben Israel in Chapter 2?

4. According to Mary in Chapter 16, under what circumstances might Ester marry?

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

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

7. What did Dror tell Helen and the other volunteers in Chapter 11 about their time on the base?

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

9. What rules did the Mahamad set forth in a pamphlet in Chapter 14?

10. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Helen say that she left Dror?

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