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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 does Ester want Alvaro to do with her papers after her death?
(a) Read them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Hide them.
(d) Publish them.

2. In Chapter 28, how long has Ester lived in the house?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

3. Where did Thomas, Mary, John, and Ester go after boating in Chapter 20?
(a) Inn.
(b) Church.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Tavern.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 24, how long has it been since Ester had spoken to anyone other than Mary or Rivka?
(a) Yestereve.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) Fortnight.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. In Chapter 18 when did Ester write her second letter to Spinoza?
(a) May 12, 1665.
(b) April 29, 1665.
(c) May 1, 1665.
(d) May 17, 1665.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?

2. What is the date of the document Aaron tears in Chapter 17?

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

4. In Chapter 23, how long does Patricia say that the letter with the wax seal will take to be ready to be read?

5. Who was Manuel going to go to the country with in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ester learn about Rivka in Chapter 24?

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

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

5. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Ester and Rivka move into the da Costa Mendes house?

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