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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. How long had Rabbi Mendes known Menasseh ben Israel?

2. What was the date in Chapter 12?

3. Who does Aaron email in Chapter 3?

4. How many days will Helen and Aaron have to examine the documents in the Easton's home?

5. What was Ester's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Catherine and Mary da Costa Mendes come to speak with Ester in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. In Chapter 13, why does Aaron think it would have been better for the London Jewish community to have invited Mendes to be their rabbi?

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

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

7. What rules did the Mahamad set forth in a pamphlet in Chapter 14?

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

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

10. How did Isaac die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ester meets John Tilman when she is acting as Mary’s chaperone. What type of relationship do Ester and John have? Why does their relationship end?

Essay Topic 2

Ester believes that she betrayed the rabbi. Why does Ester believe that she betrayed the rabbi? How does she chastise herself for the betrayal? How does the betrayal affect how she lives?

Essay Topic 3

A plague strikes London in 1665. How does the plague affect characters and London? Why is it so devastating?

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