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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Barabbas ask the woman who talks about the man on the cross?
(a) What kinds of miracles he performed and sermons he delivered.
(b) What type of crime was he accused of.
(c) Where his body was laid and what was supposed to happen to it.
(d) Who his followers were.

3. Whom does Barabbas continue to seek out while he stays in Jerusalem?
(a) The fat woman.
(b) The potter.
(c) The followers of Jesus.
(d) The hare-lipped girl.

4. After Barabbas returns to the believers after his visit to the village on the mountain, what does he tell the believers?
(a) Jesus had no right to raise the believer from the dead.
(b) Jesus did the right thing, but that doesn't make him the Son of God.
(c) The man on the mountain is posessed.
(d) The man on the mountain is insane.

5. 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 the Savior.
(c) He must have been guilty.
(d) He was a false prophet.

6. What do the believers begin to call Barabbas after he returns from his visit to the village on the mountain?
(a) Barabbas the thief.
(b) Barabbas the blessed.
(c) Barabbas the doubter.
(d) Barabbas the acquitted.

7. When does the red-bearded man believe that the Master will return?
(a) On the third day.
(b) Never.
(c) At the end of time.
(d) The next day.

8. What did Barabbas find in the low-vaulted room?
(a) A box.
(b) A gathering of Christians.
(c) The fat woman.
(d) The remains of a shroud.

9. What reaction does Barabbas have to the red-bearded man's claims about the crucified man?
(a) Barabbas accuses the red-beaded man of lying.
(b) Barabbas tells the red-bearded man his belief is flawed.
(c) Barabbas walks away.
(d) Barabbas laughs at the red-bearded man.

10. What does Barabbas do after he leaves the tomb?
(a) Wanders through the desert.
(b) Goes to the temple alone.
(c) Returns to the city with the hare-lipped girl.
(d) Rejoins his band of thieves.

11. How well does Barabbas sleep during his first night after arriving in Jerusalem?
(a) He tosses and turns before eventually falling asleep.
(b) He is unable to sleep.
(c) He immediately falls into a drunken slumber.
(d) He sleeps for an hour, then suddenly awakes.

12. What explanation did the the red-bearded man give for the crucifixion?
(a) The Pharisees are trying to destroy the Christians.
(b) The Master had to suffer and die for them.
(c) The Jewish people are fickle.
(d) The Romans are out to destroy Israel.

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

14. As Barabbas walks around town the day after the crucifixion, what does he notice?
(a) The sun is dimmer.
(b) Some people are staring at him.
(c) The hare-lipped girl.
(d) The market is unusually quiet.

15. What does the believer find odd about Barabbas's question?
(a) No one else has ever commented on his appearance.
(b) No one else has argued with him about heaven.
(c) No one else has ever asked him about the "realm of the dead."
(d) He is surprised at Barabbas's unbelief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation did the red-bearded man give for Barabbas's interest in the crucified man?

2. What does the hare-lipped girl believe will happen once the third day after the crucifixion has passed?

3. How does Barabbas react to the physical appearance of the believer he meets in the village on the mountain?

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

5. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior after he returns from the village on the mountain?

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