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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 many combined years of Hebrew, Spanish, and Portuguese study does Aaron have in Chapter 13?
(a) 23.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

2. What color are Bridgette's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

3. What is the date of the letter in Chapter 13 that is a cross-written document?
(a) March 23, 1665.
(b) February 27, 1675.
(c) February 9, 1665.
(d) April 3, 1665.

4. How long did the HaLevy family own the Easton house according to Helen in Chapter 5?
(a) 24.
(b) 45.
(c) 17.
(d) 37.

5. In Chapter 5, who were the HaLevy family?
(a) Spanish Jews.
(b) Portuguese Jews.
(c) Polish Jews.
(d) Dutch Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Mahamad forbid its congregation to go in Chapter 14?

2. What is the date in Chapter 1?

3. From where did Daniel Lusitano send Mendes a letter in Chapter 16?

4. In Chapter 16, where did Ester and Mary go?

5. In Chapter 5, what was the only text that Aaron found that Rabbi Mendes published?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why does Aaron think it would have been better for the London Jewish community to have invited Mendes to be their rabbi?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the one text that Aaron is able to find that Mendes published, and what is the subject?

7. How did Isaac die?

8. What does Aaron look like when Helen sees him in the rare manuscripts room in Chapter 15?

9. Why did Catherine and Mary da Costa Mendes come to speak with Ester in Chapter 10?

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

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