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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. When does Wilton say that Mendes died?

2. In Chapter 17, how big of a gash does Aaron put in a document?

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

4. In Chapter 17 by noon how many documents has Aaron transcribed?

5. In Chapter 20, how much money did Manuel HaLevy send Ester for the household?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what advice did Ester try to give Mary?

2. Why does Aaron rip a manuscript in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 26 how did Ester and Rivka escape from the da Costa Mendes house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bescos brings conflict when he sets a mob on the da Costa Mendes house. What are some major conflicts in the novel? Are these internal or external? Are they mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature or man vs. self?

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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