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

2. In Chapter 5, what was the only text that Aaron found that Rabbi Mendes published?
(a) False Messiahs.
(b) Against Falsehood.
(c) Truth and Justice.
(d) Truth.

3. In Chapter 2, from where did Rabbi Mendes come from?
(a) Holland.
(b) Luxembourg.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Switzerland.

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

5. What is the date in Chapter 15?
(a) December 17.
(b) December 30.
(c) December 3.
(d) December 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ester go in Chapter 14 when Mendes told her she would not scribe for him any longer?

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

3. How many times did Constantina meet her real father?

4. What color wool coat is Bridgette wearing in Chapter 7?

5. In the seventeenth century, how far would Richmond have been from London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the letter propose that Ester burned in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Helen say about her conversation with Jonathan Martin about the Easton documents?

7. How does Helen learn that Mendes's scribe was a woman?

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

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

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

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