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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might Barabbas have been doing in Gerizim?
(a) Languishing in jail.
(b) Sacrificing a lamb on the Passover.
(c) Praying at the temple.
(d) Making clay pots.

2. What happens to Sahak when he refuses to renounce his faith before the governor?
(a) He is whipped and chained to the mill wheel.
(b) He is led away to be executed.
(c) He is beaten and sold to the mine owner.
(d) He is sent to the dungeon.

3. What observation does Barabbas make about prayer after Sahak's death?
(a) He will pray to all the gods.
(b) He cannot pray without Sahak.
(c) He has no one to pray to.
(d) God is always waiting.

4. How old is Barabbas when he becomes a slave in a Roman governor's house?
(a) In his mid thirties.
(b) In his late sixties.
(c) Well into his fifties.
(d) In his early forties.

5. What explanation does Barabbas give the governor for having "Christos Iesus" inscribed on the back of his medallion?
(a) Sahak offered him food in return for the inscription.
(b) He belongs to Jesus.
(c) The medallion was inscribed when he got it.
(d) He wants to believe, but does not.

6. Whom does Sahak credit for their release?
(a) The governor.
(b) The overseer.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

7. What mark does Eliahu's attack leave on Barabbas?
(a) The scar on his cheek.
(b) A wound on his leg.
(c) A pain in his side.
(d) A mark of his hands.

8. After Barabbas stops praying, what does he do when Sahak prays?
(a) Hums to cover the sound of Sahak's prayers.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Stands guard over Sahak.
(d) Keeps on working.

9. Where is Barabbas sent after he is separated from Sahak?
(a) To Jerusalem.
(b) The governor's household.
(c) Back to the mill.
(d) The mines.

10. Who enrages Barabbas so much that he ferociously desecrates dead bodies?
(a) The fat woman.
(b) The Pharisees.
(c) Eliahu.
(d) The temple guards.

11. Why does the one-eyed slave wear a wooden frame around his neck?
(a) As punishment for attempting escape.
(b) To help bear the weight of the sacks.
(c) To prevent him from eating the flour.
(d) To help turn the mill wheel.

12. When is the body of the murder victim discovered?
(a) Three days later.
(b) After the stoning is over.
(c) The next day.
(d) Moments after the murder.

13. What secret about Eliahu does no one know?
(a) Eliahu is a Pharisee.
(b) Eliahu is Barabbas' father.
(c) Eliahu betrayed Jesus.
(d) Eliahu is the hare-lipped girl's brother.

14. Whose mother does Barabbas think about as he gazes towards the land of the Moabites?
(a) The hare-lipped girl's mother.
(b) Jesus' mother.
(c) Eliahu's mother.
(d) His mother.

15. What do the other slaves in the mill wear?
(a) Plain linen robes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Slave uniforms.
(d) Leather jerkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Barabbas and Sahak after they are released from the mines?

2. How is Barabbas connected to Sahak?

3. What does the blind man find offensive about the hare-lipped girl?

4. What does the overseer do when he sees Sahak and Barabbas kneeling in prayer?

5. How does being above ground affect Barabbas and Sahak's relationship?

(see the answer keys)

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