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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious philosophy does the overseer have?
(a) One God for all men.
(b) Worship the state that takes care of you.
(c) Worship all gods so none of them will be offended.
(d) Worship no one and worry about nothing.

2. What does the band of thieves do when they realize that Barabbas is nowhere to be found?
(a) They travel north.
(b) They grieve his loss for three days.
(c) They go back to their business.
(d) They travel to Jerusalem to seek out the fat woman.

3. Where do Barabbas and Sahak sleep at night?
(a) In the cave, near the mill.
(b) Underground, in the mine.
(c) On low planks of wood outside the mine.
(d) Beside the smelting pit.

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

5. What is in the hare-lipped girl's tomb?
(a) The body of her stillborn child.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The bones of her father and mother.
(d) A shroud.

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

7. Whom does Sahak claim he belongs to?
(a) Rome.
(b) No one.
(c) Himself.
(d) Jesus.

8. What might Barabbas have been doing in Lebanon?
(a) Being cruel to the Christians.
(b) Making clay pots.
(c) Praying at the temple.
(d) Languishing in jail.

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

10. What was inscribed on the front of Sahak's slave medallion?
(a) The name of the mine owner.
(b) His own name, written in Hebrew.
(c) Symbols that represent Jesus' name.
(d) The mark of the Roman state.

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

12. What happens to Barabbas and Sahak after they are released from the mines?
(a) They work together in the fields.
(b) They remain together for the rest of their lives.
(c) They part ways, but meet again at a Christian meeting.
(d) They walk to Jerusalem.

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

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

15. What does Sahak show the one-eyed slave?
(a) The inscription on the back of his medallion.
(b) An escape route.
(c) His copy of the Scriptures.
(d) The scar on his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas allow the governor to do to his slave medallion?

2. Where is Barabbas sent after he is separated from Sahak?

3. Who does Barabbas stay with after he buries the hare-lipped girl?

4. Whom does Barabbas kill at the stoning pit?

5. What do the soldiers do once Sahak is dead?

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