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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 was the date of Ester's letter to Spinoza at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) June 1, 1665.
(b) June 28, 1665.
(c) June 17, 1665.
(d) June 13, 1665.

2. What does Helen keep in her office for a snack in Chapter 25?
(a) Soda water and crackers.
(b) Bread and jam.
(c) Cheese and crackers.
(d) Ginger ale and bread.

3. What was the date in Chapter 28?
(a) August 12, 1667.
(b) March 3, 1667.
(c) July 11, 1667.
(d) September 1, 1667.

4. In Chapter 21, when did Ester marry Manuel HaLevy?
(a) September 4,1666.
(b) November 3, 1666.
(c) March 1, 1667.
(d) July 20, 1665.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, where does Helen want him to meet her?

2. As Ester heard the rabbi's confessions, to whose punishment did he compare his punishment in Chapter 22?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 24, how long has it been since Ester had spoken to anyone other than Mary or Rivka?

4. In Chapter 22, what did Rivka get a delivery boy to help with?

5. Where did Thomas, Mary, John, and Ester go after boating in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 17, why is Document RQ206 not available?

3. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 20, what did Ester enjoy seeing at Barn Elms?

10. What did Manuel request and do in Chapter 20 in a letter he wrote to Ester?

(see the answer keys)

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