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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 3, how long does it take Helen to drive from her office to the Easton's home?

2. Who does Aaron email in Chapter 3?

3. When is Helen allowed to read the Easton manuscripts in the rare manuscripts room?

4. In Chapter 3, when does Helen say that Easton house was built?

5. How long had it been since Ester had held a quill in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why does Aaron think it would have been better for the London Jewish community to have invited Mendes to be their rabbi?

2. In Chapter 1, why does Darcy recommend Aaron Levy to help Helen?

3. Why did Rabbi Mendes write Rabbi ben Israel in Chapter 2?

4. What does the Easton house look like in Chapter 3?

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

6. According to Mary in Chapter 16, under what circumstances might Ester marry?

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

8. In Chapter 14, what did Mendes say about Spinoza?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aaron and Helen do not get along at first. How would you describe their relationship at first? How does their relationship change? What changes their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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