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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Barabbas stay with after he buries the hare-lipped girl?
(a) The red-bearded man.
(b) The fat woman.
(c) A band of thieves and outlaws he led in the past.
(d) The resurrected man.

2. When the band of thieves discover that Barabbas is missing, where do they search for him?
(a) Near the place where Eliahu died.
(b) In Jerusalem.
(c) In the cave that was his old home.
(d) Near the hare-lipped girl's grave.

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

4. What happened to Barabbas's mother after she gave birth to him?
(a) She died.
(b) She sailed to Egypt.
(c) She left him with Eliahu.
(d) She was taken captive by the Romans.

5. Why does Sahak believe he had been the recipient of a miracle?
(a) Because he had been moved from the furnaces to the mine.
(b) Because his lame leg had been healed.
(c) Because his father had been blind.
(d) Because he had been spared from crucifixion.

6. What does Barabbas mention to Sahak that sparks a conversation?
(a) He knew Sahak's father.
(b) He also received a miracle.
(c) He is a Hebrew.
(d) He is a Christian.

7. Where do Barabbas and Sahak work after the spring plowing is complete?
(a) At the water wheels.
(b) In the copper mine.
(c) In the potter's shop.
(d) In the governor's house.

8. What does Barabbas do once Sahak is dead?
(a) He weeps in private.
(b) He stabs the soldiers.
(c) He cries out to God.
(d) He falls to his knees.

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

10. What does the blind man accuse the hare-lipped girl of?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Soothsaying.
(c) Theft.
(d) Adultery.

11. What type of work do Barabbas and Sahak perform above ground?
(a) They are harnessed together to pull a plow.
(b) They work in the potter's shop.
(c) They carry grain into the storehouse.
(d) They pull sleds of logs.

12. What does the blind man find offensive about the hare-lipped girl?
(a) She is an unmarried woman seen walking with an unmarried man.
(b) She tell stories of the Son of God returning to heal the sick and create a new world.
(c) She should beg and take scraps like he does.
(d) She is physically ugly.

13. How does Sahak die?
(a) He is pushed off a cliff.
(b) He starves to death beside the mill wheel.
(c) He is drawn and quartered.
(d) He is tortured and then crucified.

14. What does Barabbas think about as he carries the hare-lipped girl's body?
(a) Of murdering the Christians.
(b) Of the fat woman.
(c) Of his own death.
(d) Of a time when he told her he loved her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Barabbas use to kill the man by the stoning pit?

2. When is the body of the murder victim discovered?

3. Whose mother does Barabbas think about as he gazes towards the land of the Moabites?

4. Where do Barabbas and Sahak sleep at night?

5. Whom does Barabbas credit for their release?

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