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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 is the last date of the documents according to conservationist Patricia in Chapter 21?

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

3. In Chapter 18 when did Ester write her second letter to Spinoza?

4. What disease does Helen have?

5. How much money did Ester have in Chapter 18 when she had been paid by Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thomas do as their boat ride was ending in Chapter 20?

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

3. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

4. In Chapter 23, what does Marisa tell Aaron?

5. What did Manuel request and do in Chapter 20 in a letter he wrote to Ester?

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

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

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

9. How do Helen and Aaron get Ester's last papers in Chapter 27?

10. In Chapter 17, why is Document RQ206 not available?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helen loved a man when she was 19. Who did Helen love? Why did she run from his love? How would you describe the relationship between Helen and Dror and why she ran away?

Essay Topic 2

The rabbi and other characters make confessions in the novel. What is a confession? Who makes confessions in the novel? How do those confessions relieve agony that characters felt?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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