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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. What color wool coat is Bridgette wearing in Chapter 7?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, how many documents does the librarian allow Aaron to have at once?

3. Where does Chapter 6 take place?

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

5. What color are Bridgette's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what did Ester see when she was onboard a ship?

2. What advice did Mendes offer in Chapter 4?

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

4. What is the one text that Aaron is able to find that Mendes published, and what is the subject?

5. What did the letter propose that Ester burned in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel and why? Could it be classified as two or more different genres?

Essay Topic 2

Helen loved a man when she was 19. Who did Helen love? Why did she run from his love? How would you describe the relationship between Helen and Dror and why she ran away?

Essay Topic 3

Aaron and Helen do not get along at first. How would you describe their relationship at first? How does their relationship change? What changes their relationship?

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