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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 did Ester find in Mary's dressing table drawer to take with them in Chapter 26?

2. What is the date of the document Aaron tears in Chapter 17?

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

4. In Chapter 17 after 12:30 how many documents does Patricia get for Helen?

5. In Chapter 23, how long does Patricia say that the letter with the wax seal will take to be ready to be read?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 19, what do Helen and Aaron begin to think about Ester and Thomas Farrow?

4. What was Ester and Alvaro's wedding like?

5. Where did Ester and Rivka go after fleeing London in Chapter 26, and what reception did they receive there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ester wants to communicate with one of the rabbi’s former students, Spinoza. Why does Ester want to communicate with Spinoza? How are their thoughts similar? How are they dissimilar?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of the novel, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in Parts 1 to 5?

Essay Topic 3

Both Helen and Ester have regrets about how they have lived their lives. What regrets do the women have? How do those regrets affect their lives and how they live?

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