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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the red-bearded man do when he discovers that Barabbas has been eavesdropping?
(a) He glares at Barabbas.
(b) He ignores Barabbas and continues to talk to his friend.
(c) He stays.
(d) He yells at Barabbas.

2. Which follower of Jesus is Barabbas invited to meet?
(a) The apostle Paul.
(b) A man whom Jesus raised from the dead.
(c) Mary, the mother of Jesus.
(d) Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus.

3. 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 doubter.
(c) Barabbas the acquitted.
(d) Barabbas the blessed.

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

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

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

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

8. 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) The leper will be healed.
(c) The blind man will see.
(d) That the crucified man will rise from the dead.

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

10. How does the girl that Barabbas meets in Jerusalem appear?
(a) She is well dressed and well fed.
(b) She is dressed in rags and is obviously hungry.
(c) She is dressed like a whore.
(d) She seems tired and worn out.

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

12. When Barabbas is eavesdropping on the two men in Jerusalem, what causes him to lean closer to the men?
(a) They mention Barabbas's name.
(b) They mention the darkness that covered Golgotha.
(c) They whisper about the Roman guards.
(d) They point to the hare-lipped girl.

13. At the end of the evening, who is left with the Fat Woman?
(a) Barabbas
(b) The girl.
(c) The other women.
(d) Everyone stays the night.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the believer that Barabbas meets in the village on the mountain tell him?

3. What does Barabbas notice about the woman he believes is the mother of the man on the cross?

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

5. During his first night after arriving in Jerusalem, what does Barabbas think about as he lies on his sleeping mat?

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