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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. Why would Barabbas normally avoid Golgotha?
(a) It is far out of his way.
(b) His father was crucified on Golgotha.
(c) He knows he will hang there one day.
(d) He feels it is an unclean place of death.

2. What does the woman at the Fat Woman's house say about the man on the cross?
(a) She had seen him perform miracles.
(b) He was a false prophet.
(c) He must have been guilty.
(d) He was the Savior.

3. What does Barabbas look like?
(a) Around 50 years old with a brown beard, black hair, and a scar on his cheek.
(b) Around 40 years old with a reddish beard, black hair, and a scar on his neck.
(c) Around 20 years old with a black beard, black hair, and a scar on his cheek.
(d) Around 30 years old with a reddish beard, black hair, and a scar on his cheek.

4. What event causes the soldiers near the cross to jump to their feet and grab their weapons?
(a) They see Barabbas.
(b) The crowd presses too close.
(c) The hill goes dark.
(d) Thunder roars and lightening begins to flash.

5. What does Barabbas ask the girl he meets in Jerusalem?
(a) If she has received news from Gilgal.
(b) Where she has been.
(c) If she saw the darkness.
(d) Where the child is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does the fat woman make that offends the girl Barabbas meets in Jerusalem?

2. What does Barabbas notice about the man carrying the cross as the man prepares to go up the hill?

3. When the book opens, where is Barabbas standing?

4. As he lies on his sleeping mat, what conclusion does Barabbas come to about the things he saw on Golgotha?

5. Where was Barabbas when the man on the cross was arrested?

(see the answer key)

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