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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the hare-lipped girl not ask Jesus to do for her?
(a) Heal her deformed lip.
(b) Make Barabbas love her.
(c) Make her wealthy.
(d) Feed her.

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

3. Barabbas overhears two men talking the day after the crucifixion; What does Barabbas think they are talking about?
(a) The crucified man.
(b) The dim sunlight.
(c) The quiet marketplace.
(d) The hare-lipped girl.

4. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior after he returns from the village on the mountain?
(a) He has become insane like the man on the mountain.
(b) He trying to become a better man.
(c) He has been posessed by the crucified man's spirit.
(d) He is lying.

5. Why does Barabbas feel uncomfortable with the group?
(a) He is not one of the group.
(b) They stare angrily at him.
(c) He wishes to steal, but cannot.
(d) He is the only man in the group.

6. Whom does the red-bearded man and his group believe that the crucified man is?
(a) The Son of Man and the Son of God.
(b) A great healer.
(c) A misunderstood carpenter.
(d) The Great Prophet.

7. 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 laughs at the red-bearded man.
(c) Barabbas walks away.
(d) Barabbas tells the red-bearded man his belief is flawed.

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

9. What explanation did the red-bearded man give for Barabbas's interest in the crucified man?
(a) Barabbas is seeking a father figure.
(b) Barabbas is reacting out of guilt.
(c) The crucified man had called Barabbas to follow him.
(d) Barabbas needs a spiritual leader.

10. 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.

11. What do Barabbas and the red-bearded man discuss?
(a) The odd weather.
(b) His relationship with the hare-lipped girl.
(c) The unusual quiet of the marketplace.
(d) The crucified man and his ministry.

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

13. What business keeps Barabbas in Jerusalem?
(a) He steals from the Christians.
(b) He joins the potter.
(c) He works at the temple.
(d) None.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the red-bearded man do when he discovers that Barabbas has been eavesdropping?

2. What do the believers begin to call Barabbas after he returns from his visit to the village on the mountain?

3. Why were the Jewish people given the opportunity to pardon one prisoner's death sentence?

4. What does the hare-lipped girl do after the red-beaded man speaks to the Christians?

5. What event takes place in the low-vaulted room?

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