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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Barabbas stops praying, what does he do when Sahak prays?
(a) Stands guard over Sahak.
(b) Hums to cover the sound of Sahak's prayers.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Keeps on working.

3. What happens to Sahak when he refuses to renounce his faith before the governor?
(a) He is whipped and chained to the mill wheel.
(b) He is led away to be executed.
(c) He is sent to the dungeon.
(d) He is beaten and sold to the mine owner.

4. What might Barabbas have been doing in Lebanon?
(a) Making clay pots.
(b) Being cruel to the Christians.
(c) Languishing in jail.
(d) Praying at the temple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about Eliahu's attack on Barabbas?

2. What does Barabbas mention to Sahak that sparks a conversation?

3. Which spirit do the thieve believe might have possessed Barabbas and killed him?

4. Where has Barabbas been before he becomes a slave in a Roman governor's house?

5. What does Sahak talk to the overseer about when questioned about his prayer activities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Sahak give the governor for the inscription on the back of his medallion?

2. Why does Sahak refuse to the leave the mines without Barabbas?

3. What does Barabbas do with the hare-lipped girl's body?

4. What is Barabbas' reaction to Sahak's crucifixion?

5. Where might Barabbas might have been between the time that he left the thieves and when he was in the copper mines?

6. What explanation does Barabbas give the governor for the inscription on the back of his medallion?

7. Describe the one-eyed man.

8. What is Barabbas reaction to the true believer's action during the stoning?

9. What is Eliahu's relationship to Barabbas?

10. What about Barabbas amazes Sahak?

(see the answer keys)

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