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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 resurrected man.
(c) The fat woman.
(d) A band of thieves and outlaws he led in the past.

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

3. Where does Barabbas carry the hare-lipped girl's body?
(a) Through the Desert of Judah to the land of the Moabites.
(b) To the fat woman's house.
(c) Past Jericho and into Judah.
(d) To the Red Sea.

4. Who is the "great prophet" that Sahak refers to?
(a) Jesus.
(b) John.
(c) Ra.
(d) Mohammed.

5. Why does the one-eyed slave only have one eye?
(a) He was blinded by Eliahu.
(b) One of his eyes was gouged out in a mill accident.
(c) One of his eyes was gouged out as punishment for theft.
(d) He was born half-blind.

6. What does Sahak talk to the overseer about when questioned about his prayer activities?
(a) His miracle.
(b) The harsh conditions in the mine.
(c) His wounded leg.
(d) God, Jesus, and the Christian faith.

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

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

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

10. Why does the overseer first whip Sahak?
(a) Because he trips and overturns the cart.
(b) Because he stopsworking to listen to Barabbas.
(c) Because he is a Christian.
(d) Because he is talking while he works.

11. 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.

12. Where has Barabbas been before he becomes a slave in a Roman governor's house?
(a) In the copper mines.
(b) In the smelting pit.
(c) In Jerusalem.
(d) On his way to Samaria.

13. How is Barabbas connected to Sahak?
(a) By a long rope.
(b) By first century handcuffs.
(c) By shackles.
(d) They are not connected.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eliahu die?

2. What observation does Barabbas make about prayer after Sahak's death?

3. Who might Barabbas have joined that hated the Jerusalem temple, priests and scribes?

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

5. What does Sahak show the one-eyed slave?

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