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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 42 through 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men do after returning from their brief excursions?
(a) Greet Barabbas.
(b) Eat and talk more.
(c) Wash their hands.
(d) Sleep.

2. What does Barabbas note about the thief who was executed next to the man on the cross?
(a) That he deserved to die.
(b) He was unlucky.
(c) He had been a good thief.
(d) He was a lazy thief.

3. Why would Barabbas normally avoid Golgotha?
(a) He feels it is an unclean place of death.
(b) It is far out of his way.
(c) He knows he will hang there one day.
(d) His father was crucified on Golgotha.

4. What does Barabbas do before everyone leaves the low-vaulted room?
(a) He speaks to the hare-lipped girl.
(b) He slips out unnoticed.
(c) He speaks to the group.
(d) He eats bread and drinks wine.

5. When the book opens, where is Barabbas standing?
(a) At the bottom of the hill.
(b) In front of the governor.
(c) Near the cross.
(d) In the marketplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas do after he leaves the tomb?

2. What does Barabbas give the girl he meets in Jerusalem?

3. What explanation did the the red-bearded man give for the crucifixion?

4. Why does the red-beaded man feel guilty?

5. What does the woman at the Fat Woman's house say about the man on the cross?

(see the answer key)

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