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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 does Helen keep in her office for a snack in Chapter 25?
2. At the end of Chapter 26, where did Ester and Rivka go?
3. In Chapter 20, how much money did Manuel HaLevy send Ester for the household?
4. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?
5. In Chapter 22, what did Rivka get a delivery boy to help with?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Ester and Rivka go after fleeing London in Chapter 26, and what reception did they receive there?
2. At the end of Chapter 19, what do Helen and Aaron begin to think about Ester and Thomas Farrow?
3. What questions does Helen say could not be asked in the seventeenth century?
4. Why does Aaron rip a manuscript in Chapter 17?
5. What did Manuel request and do in Chapter 20 in a letter he wrote to Ester?
6. What did Alvaro discuss in a poem he wrote as Ester was dying?
7. Where does Helen go in Chapter 25 to search records, and what does she find?
8. How did Mary catch the plague and die?
9. What did Thomas do as their boat ride was ending in Chapter 20?
10. In Chapter 20, what did Ester enjoy seeing at Barn Elms?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A plague strikes London in 1665. How does the plague affect characters and London? Why is it so devastating?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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