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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times was it rumored that Diego da Costa Mendes had gone courting since his wife's death in Chapter 16?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. In Chapter 16, where did Ester and Mary go?
(a) Dressmaker.
(b) Art gallery.
(c) Park.
(d) Theater.

3. In Chapter 12, who offered to help the rabbi make a marriage match for Ester?
(a) Maria Garcia.
(b) Louisa de Sousa.
(c) Isabella Mendoza.
(d) Catherine da Costa Mendes.

4. What was Ester's father's name?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Joshua.
(d) David.

5. When Mary and Ester were riding in the coach, how many girls from the synagogue joined them?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is the letter written in Chapter 2?

2. When was the last time Mendes saw Spinoza?

3. In Chapter 15, what is the name of Helen's doctor?

4. Who is the Jewish philosopher referenced in one of the papers that Helen finds in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 10, how old was Ester?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Dror tell Helen and the other volunteers in Chapter 11 about their time on the base?

3. In Chapter 9, why does Helen simply walk away from the assessor from Sotheby's?

4. In Chapter 15, how did Helen learn of Dror's death?

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

6. What does Helen say about her conversation with Jonathan Martin about the Easton documents?

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

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

9. How did Isaac die?

10. In Chapter 11, how did Helen come to buy the Masada painting?

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