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31 What did Mordecai tell Esther not to do?
Answer: Tell anyone she was Jewish

Mordecai forbade Esther to tell anyone of her nationality or family background (Ch. 2 v.10). He probably did this to protect her since they were foreigners in Persia.
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32 Out of all the girls who were vying for the title of "Queen," the king chose Esther. Upon her head he placed a crown and gave her many gifts. What else did the king give to the new queen? Esther 2:17-18.
Answer: A feast called "The feast of Esther"

Esther was taken to the king's palace and the king loved her more than all the other girls. He placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. He gave her a feast called the Feast of Esther and a holiday in her honour but it was not called Purim. Esther 2:17-18
  From Quiz: Esther and the King
33 Why did the king decide to hang Haman?
Answer: Because he appeared to try to rape Esther

At the banquet, Esther announced that her people had been sold to be killed by Haman. The king rose and left in anger. Haman then fell upon Esther's bed to plead for his life. The king, happening upon Haman in this compromising position and thinking he would rape Esther, decided to hang him.
  From Quiz: Delving into Esther
34 Haman, who despised Mordecai, for refusing to bow down to him, (and for being a Jew), decided to make a very tall gallows for Mordecai to be hung upon. Who helped Haman make this decision?
Answer: His wife and friends

In Chapter 5, verses 9-14 in the King James Version we see that, "Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits (75 feet) high and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made."
  From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Esther-Jewish Queen Of Persia
35 How old was Haman when he died?
Answer: We don't know

It says how he died but not how old he was at the time of his death. The gallows he was hanged on were seventy-five feet high.
  From Quiz: All About Haman
36 What did Mordecai discover and then tell Esther about?
Answer: A conspiracy to kill the king

Mordecai overheard a plot to kill the king. He told Esther, who in turn told the king, and the plot was foiled (Ch.2 v.21-23)
  From Quiz: Queen Esther
37 Haman suggested to the king that he honor a noble in his court by giving him fine robes and a horse, and proclaiming 'This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!' What did the king decide to do?
Answer: Make Haman honor Mordecai this way

Imagine Haman's shock when the king ignored the suggestion that Haman himself deserved the honors, and forced Haman to pay respect to a Jew, whom he hated! Even his own wife, Zeresh, predicted his downfall. Esther 6:12-13.
  From Quiz: The Biblical Story of Esther
38 After Haman died who got his estate?
Answer: Esther

It says that Xerxes gave Esther the estate the same day that he ordered Haman hanged. It was also that day that Esther told Xerxes that she was related to Mordecai. This can be found in Esther 8:1.
  From Quiz: All About Haman
39 What was the name of the man who wanted all the Jews killed?
Answer: Haman

Mordecai would not bow down to Haman, and so Haman plotted to kill all of his people, the Jews (Ch.3 v.5-6).
  From Quiz: Queen Esther
40 Esther the new queen was not always known by this name. What did her friends and family members call her?
Answer: Hadassah

Esther was known as Hadassah. Mordecai changed her name to Esther, in order to hide her true identity from the king. Esther 2:5, 7.
  From Quiz: Esther and the King
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