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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. When Daniel finally gets away from the soldiers, where does he go?
(a) Hezron's house.
(b) Cephas' house.
(c) Simon's house.
(d) The Synagogue.

2. How does Daniel react when the soldier kicks out at him?
(a) He curses the soldier.
(b) He slaps the horse and makes it rear up.
(c) He throws the bowl and the water at the Roman's face.
(d) He makes a rude gesture.

3. Who comes looking for Daniel?
(a) Joel and Thrace.
(b) Simon, the blacksmith who helped Daniel.
(c) Amelek, the blacksmith who beat Daniel.
(d) The Roman Legionnaires.

4. What does Simon bring for Daniel?
(a) A bar of soap.
(b) A clean cloak.
(c) Some books.
(d) Garden vegetables.

5. Who is waiting for Daniel when he gets back to the mountain?
(a) Samson.
(b) Joel.
(c) Rosh.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stirs Leah out of the corner during the night?

2. After he confronts the soldier, Daniel does the only thing he can. What is that?

3. What political conflict is going on at the time of this story?

4. After Rosh chastises Daniel, what does Daniel do?

5. What does Daniel recite to Leah and his grandmother just before she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the symbolism of Daniel hammering flaws out of the hot iron.

2. Why does Simon come to take Daniel to the synagogue the next morning?

3. What in Rosh's behavior gives some indication that he is not the hero Daniel thinks he is?

4. How does Daniel escape the Roman soldiers?

5. How is Malthace different after she sees Daniel has been wounded?

6. Why does Daniel tell his friends that he ended up as a slave to Amelek?

7. Why did Nathan's friends beat up Nathan?

8. When the grandmother is dying, no one will try to enter the house. Why?

9. What does Leah think after Daniel returns.

10. While Daniel is recuperating in Joel's house, how does his relationship with Malthace change?

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