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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. In Chapter 26, what did the mob throw at the windows of the house?

2. What is the name of the girl who helps Aaron in the records office in Chapter 21?

3. What is the date of the first document that Patricia brings Aaron in Chapter 17?

4. Who did Mary send a letter to in Chapter 24?

5. In Chapter 25, when does Helen have an appointment with Jonathan Martin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

2. What questions does Helen say could not be asked in the seventeenth century?

3. What was Ester's last request in Chapter 28?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary da Costa Mendes is left alone in London after her mother’s death. Why was Mary’s mother concerned about the relationship between Mary and her father before she died? Where is her father after Mary’s mother's death? Why does he leave her alone in London? How would you describe the relationship between Mary and her father?

Essay Topic 2

Masada was the site of a battle between Jews and Romans. What happened at Masada? What does Masada represent in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Aaron accuses Helen of attributing Ester with the traits of feminism. Why does Helen attribute the traits of feminism to Ester? Was Ester a feminist?

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