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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 answer does the author give for the question: "What does a person do in the middle of a spear throwing contest"?
(a) "You help throw spears."
(b) "You get stabbed to death."
(c) "You surrender immediately."
(d) "You seek shelter."

2. What is David's response to Joab asking if he shall stop Absalom in Chapter 23?
(a) David says, "Let me think about it."
(b) David says, "No!"
(c) David says, "I already have!"
(d) David says, "Yes!"

3. What two characters are conversing in Chapter 19?
(a) Saul and Absalom.
(b) A child and a guardian.
(c) A man and an angel.
(d) Nathan and Zadok.

4. "The hunted" in Chapter 11 refers to who?
(a) Deer.
(b) David.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Saul.

5. What are the last words that David's grandson hears from the old soldier of David in Chapter 17?
(a) "Legalism is nothing but a leader's way of avoiding suffering."
(b) "David shielded us from suffering; he did not mete it out."
(c) "We were six hundred no-goods with a leader who cried a lot."
(d) "I was one of the 'mighty men of David.'"

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 12, in times past, mothers had told their children that if they did not behave, they would end up like what?

2. Whose name is called out in the beginning of Chapter 21?

3. What does the unidentified figure in Chapter 18 pull out of the chest?

4. Who became the greatest hymn writer and the greatest comforter of broken hearts?

5. What is the author referring to when he says, "My, how certain we mortals can be...of things even angels do not know"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author wish to accomplish by explaining the difference between Saul and David?

2. Give a physical description of the old mighty soldier of David.

3. Explain David's operation by God as seen in Chapter 9.

4. What was the mood at the end of Chapter 17? Explain.

5. Discuss the importance of Joab in Chapter 22.

6. How did Saul feel when he prayed?

7. What did the old mighty soldier of David say he learned from David?

8. What was the purpose of the dialogue between the young boy and the guardian in Chapter 19?

9. Briefly examine Absalom's beliefs, as seen in Chapter 21.

10. What gift does David claim to have in Chapter 23? Explain.

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