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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were the Jewish people given the opportunity to pardon one prisoner's death sentence?
(a) It is a tradition during the Passover holiday.
(b) The Romans always pardoned one prisioner each month.
(c) The priests paid the Romans for one prisioner each year.
(d) They were being rewarded by the Roman government.

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

4. What did the hare-lipped girl see at the tomb?
(a) The red-bearded man.
(b) Barabbas.
(c) Two Roman soldiers.
(d) An angel.

5. How did the believers react to the hare-lipped girl after the red-bearded man spoke to them?
(a) They ignore her presence.
(b) They appear to be embarrassed for her.
(c) They applaud.
(d) They argue with her.

6. What does the believer that Barabbas meets in the village on the mountain tell him?
(a) He had been dead and was raised to be a witness for Jesus.
(b) Barabbas is a fool for not believing that Jesus is the Son of God.
(c) He wishes he were still dead.
(d) He does not remember his experience.

7. Why doesn't Barabbas believe Jesus is the Son of God?
(a) He does not believe in miracles.
(b) He feels that God would not bother with unclean humanity.
(c) He saw Jesus, and he looked like a man, not a god.
(d) He feels the son of God would not have allowed himself to die.

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

9. 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 reacting out of guilt.
(c) Barabbas needs a spiritual leader.
(d) Barabbas is seeking a father figure.

10. What does the hare-lipped girl believe will happen on the third day after the crucifixion?
(a) She will be healed of her deformity.
(b) That the crucified man will rise from the dead.
(c) The blind man will see.
(d) The leper will be healed.

11. What does Barabbas share with the believer he meets in the village on the mountain?
(a) A secret.
(b) A walk.
(c) A drink.
(d) A meal.

12. What does Barabbas pretend to want?
(a) A home and a family.
(b) To understand the Christian doctrine.
(c) Love.
(d) A good skill.

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

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

15. As he lies on his sleeping mat, what conclusion does Barabbas come to about the things he saw on Golgotha?
(a) The Romans are evil and should all be destroyed.
(b) That he imagined all the unusual events he experienced.
(c) That what he saw is real, but he has no explanation for what he saw.
(d) The fat woman was right about the man on the cross.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Barabbas is eavesdropping on the two men in Jerusalem, what causes him to lean closer to the men?

3. Whom does Barabbas see near his hiding place?

4. What did Barabbas find in the low-vaulted room?

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

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