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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 through 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does the fat woman make that offends the girl Barabbas meets in Jerusalem?
(a) Barabbas should have been crucified.
(b) The Romans made the right decision to set Barabbas free.
(c) It doesn't matter who was crucified, as long as Barabbas was saved.
(d) The Jews made the right decision to set Barabbas free.

2. During his first night after arriving in Jerusalem, what does Barabbas think about as he lies on his sleeping mat?
(a) The man on the cross and the darkness on the hill.
(b) The fat woman.
(c) The girl and the child.
(d) His father.

3. What does Barabbas note about the thief who was executed next to the man on the cross?
(a) He was unlucky.
(b) That he deserved to die.
(c) He was a lazy thief.
(d) He had been a good thief.

4. Why does Barabbas choose to attend the crucifixion?
(a) His friends encourage him to go.
(b) He is swept along with the crowd.
(c) He feels a strange power prompting him to attend the crucifixion.
(d) He wants to see the man who took his place.

5. What does Barabbas notice about the man carrying the cross as the man prepares to go up the hill?
(a) He has a halo of light about him.
(b) He seems calm.
(c) The crowd is pushing him along.
(d) He looks at Barabbas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Barabbas spend his first night after arriving in Jerusalem?

2. What does Barabbas ask the woman who talks about the man on the cross?

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

4. To what do Barabbas's friends attribute the unusual events Barabbas saw while at Golgotha?

5. Who greets Barabbas and the girl as they walk down the streets of Jerusalem?

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