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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 last date of the documents according to conservationist Patricia in Chapter 21?
(a) July 1, 1665.
(b) July 30, 1665.
(c) July 8, 1665.
(d) July 19, 1665.

2. In Chapter 20, what occupation was John supposed to take?
(a) Professor.
(b) Gentry farmer.
(c) Judge.
(d) Lawyer.

3. Where is Helen at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Parish records office.
(b) Richmond Local Studies.
(c) Her office.
(d) Rare manuscripts room.

4. What is the date of the document Aaron tears in Chapter 17?
(a) April 20, 1665.
(b) April 17, 1665.
(c) April 3, 1665.
(d) April 30, 1665.

5. In Chapter 27, how many sheets are the folio Helen and Aaron find in the Easton house?
(a) About 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 40 or more.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen keep in her office for a snack in Chapter 25?

2. What animal did John and Ester see after disembarking from the boat in Chapter 20?

3. What was the nationality of the Jew who performed Ester's wedding ceremony?

4. In Chapter 19, how many documents does Patricia say remain for Helen and Aaron to read?

5. Who wrote An Apologie for That Denied the Fyre?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aaron rip a manuscript in Chapter 17?

2. When and how does Aaron learn the date and manner of Ester's death?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Aaron tell Helen about writing a reference for him to Wliton?

4. What did Alvaro discuss in a poem he wrote as Ester was dying?

5. How do Patricia Starling-Haight and Patricia Smith help Helen in Chapter 25?

6. How do Helen and Aaron get Ester's last papers in Chapter 27?

7. Where does Helen go in Chapter 25 to search records, and what does she find?

8. In Chapter 21, what did Aaron discover about Ester?

9. What story did Bescos tell of the Jews of York?

10. What questions does Helen say could not be asked in the seventeenth century?

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