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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which spirit do the thieve believe might have possessed Barabbas and killed him?
(a) Eliahu's spirit.
(b) The hare-lipped girl's spirit.
(c) The Roman guard's spirit.
(d) Jesus' spirit.

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

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

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

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

6. How does Eliahu die?
(a) The Christians stone him.
(b) The Roman crucify him.
(c) Barbabbas hurls him off a cliff.
(d) The fat woman poisions him.

7. 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 should beg and take scraps like he does.
(c) She is physically ugly.
(d) She tell stories of the Son of God returning to heal the sick and create a new world.

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

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

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

11. What does Barabbas allow the governor to do to his slave medallion?
(a) Give him a new medallion.
(b) Write his own name above Jesus' name.
(c) Melt it down.
(d) Scratch though Jesus' name.

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

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

14. 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 sent to the dungeon.
(d) He is beaten and sold to the mine owner.

15. What does the overseer do when he sees Sahak and Barabbas kneeling in prayer?
(a) He stares in surprise.
(b) He whips them both.
(c) He asks Sahak why they are praying.
(d) He prays silently.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What religious philosophy does the overseer have?

4. Where does the blind man sleep?

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

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