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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Barabbas give the girl he meets in Jerusalem?
(a) Most of his meal.
(b) A letter.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A necklace.
2. How does Barabbas react to the physical appearance of the believer he meets in the village on the mountain?
(a) He is repulsed.
(b) He is curious, yet cautious.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is surprised.
3. What event takes place in the low-vaulted room?
(a) An execution.
(b) A trial.
(c) A prayer meeting.
(d) A large, boisterous party.
4. While in the Fat Woman's house in Jerusalem, where do the men occasionally go?
(a) Outside to use the restroom.
(b) Behind the curtain with the women.
(c) Upstairs to have a smoke.
(d) Out to get more wine.
5. What explanation did the red-bearded man give for Barabbas's interest in the crucified man?
(a) The crucified man had called Barabbas to follow him.
(b) Barabbas is seeking a father figure.
(c) Barabbas needs a spiritual leader.
(d) Barabbas is reacting out of guilt.
6. When the book opens, where is Barabbas standing?
(a) Near the cross.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) In front of the governor.
(d) At the bottom of the hill.
7. What does Barabbas notice about the woman he believes is the mother of the man on the cross?
(a) She cries and clings to a man who grieves for Jesus.
(b) She stares angrily at him.
(c) She looks older than her years.
(d) She seems unable to demonstrate the full depths of her grief.
8. Where does the hare-lipped girl live?
(a) At the Dung Gate.
(b) With the fat woman.
(c) Near the temple.
(d) In the low-vaulted room.
9. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior after he returns from the village on the mountain?
(a) He is lying.
(b) He has become insane like the man on the mountain.
(c) He has been posessed by the crucified man's spirit.
(d) He trying to become a better man.
10. Why doesn't Barabbas believe that the man on the cross is the Messiah?
(a) Because Barabbas dislikes the Jews.
(b) Because Barabbas is too cynical.
(c) Because Barabbas knows he is guilty.
(d) Because the man didn't save himself.
11. Why would Barabbas normally avoid Golgotha?
(a) He feels it is an unclean place of death.
(b) He knows he will hang there one day.
(c) It is far out of his way.
(d) His father was crucified on Golgotha.
12. What explanation did the the red-bearded man give for the crucifixion?
(a) The Jewish people are fickle.
(b) The Romans are out to destroy Israel.
(c) The Pharisees are trying to destroy the Christians.
(d) The Master had to suffer and die for them.
13. At the end of the evening, who is left with the Fat Woman?
(a) The girl.
(b) Everyone stays the night.
(c) Barabbas
(d) The other women.
14. Which follower of Jesus is Barabbas invited to meet?
(a) A man whom Jesus raised from the dead.
(b) Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus.
(c) Mary, the mother of Jesus.
(d) The apostle Paul.
15. What does Barabbas notice about the man carrying the cross as the man prepares to go up the hill?
(a) The crowd is pushing him along.
(b) He seems calm.
(c) He looks at Barabbas.
(d) He has a halo of light about him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Barabbas do after he leaves the tomb?
2. What does Barabbas think has happened to Jesus' body?
3. What do the believers begin to call Barabbas after he returns from his visit to the village on the mountain?
4. How does Barabbas expect the Christians to react to his presence?
5. What does Barabbas do before everyone leaves the low-vaulted room?
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