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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Barabbas sent after he is separated from Sahak?
(a) To Jerusalem.
(b) Back to the mill.
(c) The governor's household.
(d) The mines.

2. Why does the overseer first whip Sahak?
(a) Because he is talking while he works.
(b) Because he is a Christian.
(c) Because he stopsworking to listen to Barabbas.
(d) Because he trips and overturns the cart.

3. What does the band of thieves do when they realize that Barabbas is nowhere to be found?
(a) They go back to their business.
(b) They travel to Jerusalem to seek out the fat woman.
(c) They grieve his loss for three days.
(d) They travel north.

4. What does Sahak talk to the overseer about when questioned about his prayer activities?
(a) His wounded leg.
(b) God, Jesus, and the Christian faith.
(c) His miracle.
(d) The harsh conditions in the mine.

5. What does the overseer do when he sees Sahak and Barabbas kneeling in prayer?
(a) He stares in surprise.
(b) He prays silently.
(c) He whips them both.
(d) He asks Sahak why they are praying.

6. Who is the "great prophet" that Sahak refers to?
(a) John.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Ra.

7. What does the hare-lipped girl say before she dies?
(a) "Abba!"
(b) "Forgive me!"
(c) "He has come!"
(d) "Barabbas!"

8. How does Sahak die?
(a) He is drawn and quartered.
(b) He starves to death beside the mill wheel.
(c) He is pushed off a cliff.
(d) He is tortured and then crucified.

9. Why does Sahak believe he had been the recipient of a miracle?
(a) Because his father had been blind.
(b) Because he had been moved from the furnaces to the mine.
(c) Because his lame leg had been healed.
(d) Because he had been spared from crucifixion.

10. What does Barabbas do the night after the stoning?
(a) He gets drunk and lays with the fat woman.
(b) He cries at the red-bearded man's house.
(c) He murders the blind man before leaving town.
(d) He retrieves the hare-lipped girl's body from the pit.

11. How does Barabbas act towards his former friends after he buries the hare-lipped girl?
(a) Violent.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Angry.

12. What religious philosophy does the overseer have?
(a) Worship no one and worry about nothing.
(b) One God for all men.
(c) Worship the state that takes care of you.
(d) Worship all gods so none of them will be offended.

13. What covers the grave of the hare-lipped girl?
(a) A mound of rocks.
(b) A pile of earth.
(c) An old tree stump.
(d) A slab of rock.

14. Why does the one-eyed slave wear a wooden frame around his neck?
(a) To prevent him from eating the flour.
(b) To help bear the weight of the sacks.
(c) To help turn the mill wheel.
(d) As punishment for attempting escape.

15. Who might Barabbas have joined that hated the Jerusalem temple, priests and scribes?
(a) The Moabites.
(b) His old band of thieves.
(c) The Pharisees.
(d) The Samaritans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Barabbas's mother after she gave birth to him?

2. What weapon does Barabbas use to kill the man by the stoning pit?

3. How did Barabbas meet the hare-lipped girl?

4. What does Barabbas allow the governor to do to his slave medallion?

5. Where do Barabbas and Sahak sleep at night?

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