View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aaron requests Document RQ206 in Chapter 17, when does Patricia say it will be available?

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

3. As Ester heard the rabbi's confessions, to whose punishment did he compare his punishment in Chapter 22?

4. What time does Helen want Aaron to meet her in Chapter 27?

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 21, what did Aaron discover about Ester?

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

7. How do Patricia Starling-Haight and Patricia Smith help Helen in Chapter 25?

8. In Chapter 18, what advice did Ester try to give Mary?

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

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

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

Bescos brings conflict when he sets a mob on the da Costa Mendes house. What are some major conflicts in the novel? Are these internal or external? Are they mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature or man vs. self?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 876 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample