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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 22 through 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the Jewish people given the opportunity to pardon one prisoner's death sentence?
(a) It is a tradition during the Passover holiday.
(b) The Romans always pardoned one prisioner each month.
(c) The priests paid the Romans for one prisioner each year.
(d) They were being rewarded by the Roman government.

2. Whom does Barabbas see near his hiding place?
(a) Angels.
(b) The red-bearded man.
(c) Two Roman soldiers.
(d) The hare-lipped girl.

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

4. Who greets Barabbas and the girl as they walk down the streets of Jerusalem?
(a) The child.
(b) His friends.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. After leaving the tomb, whom does Barabbas question about Christian doctrine?
(a) The blind man.
(b) The potter.
(c) The red-bearded man.
(d) The hare-lipped girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas note about the thief who was executed next to the man on the cross?

2. What name does the passing group of men call Barabbas?

3. What does Barabbas ask the girl he meets in Jerusalem?

4. Why doesn't Barabbas believe that the man on the cross is the Messiah?

5. When Barabbas is eavesdropping on the two men in Jerusalem, what causes him to lean closer to the men?

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