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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted Helen's Masada painting?

2. In Chapter 8, how did Issac die?

3. What were the names of the HaLevy boys that Mendes was tutoring in Chapter 10?

4. What is Helen using to try to keep warm in Chapter 7?

5. How many combined years of Hebrew, Spanish, and Portuguese study does Aaron have in Chapter 13?

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. What did Mendes and ben Israel's father suffer together?

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

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

6. Why did Catherine choose Ester to be Mary's companion?

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

8. What does the Easton house look like in Chapter 3?

9. In Chapter 8, what did Issac tell Ester when she asked him to return to the Rabbi's household?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Point of view determines how readers view characters and events. What is the point of view of the novel and how does it affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 2

Ester marries Alvaro. Why do they marry? How would you describe their relationship? How is their relationship beneficial for both of them?

Essay Topic 3

Ester wants to communicate with one of the rabbi’s former students, Spinoza. Why does Ester want to communicate with Spinoza? How are their thoughts similar? How are they dissimilar?

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