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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What information does Sahak reveal to the one-eyed slave?
(a) The world is about to end.
(b) Miracles are all around him.
(c) God will return and that all slaves will be freed.
(d) He and Barabbas are going to attempt escape.

5. What does the one-eyed slave wear?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) Sandals.
(c) A Roman robe.
(d) A loin cloth.

6. What do the soldiers do once Sahak is dead?
(a) They burn his body.
(b) They hurriedly leave the hill.
(c) The kneel in prayer.
(d) They slowly return to their duties.

7. How did Barabbas meet the hare-lipped girl?
(a) He captured her on a raid.
(b) She cared for him when his leg was wounded.
(c) At the fat woman's house.
(d) Her father was a thief.

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

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

10. What do Barabbas and Sahak speak of for the first few days above ground?
(a) The harsh overseer.
(b) Their miraculous escape from the mine.
(c) The hard work of plowing.
(d) The smell of the air.

11. Who is ordered to throw the first stone during the hare-lipped girl's execution?
(a) The blind man.
(b) The potter.
(c) The true believer.
(d) The Pharisee.

12. What was inscribed on the back of Sahak's slave medallion?
(a) The mark of the Roman state.
(b) A cross.
(c) The name of the mine owner.
(d) Symbols that represent Jesus' name.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enrages Barabbas so much that he ferociously desecrates dead bodies?

2. How is Barabbas connected to Sahak?

3. What is in the hare-lipped girl's tomb?

4. What does the hare-lipped girl say before she dies?

5. How does Eliahu die?

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