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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What weapon does Barabbas use to kill the man by the stoning pit?
(a) A thin rope.
(b) A stone.
(c) A knife.
(d) A push.

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

4. What does Barabbas do the night after the stoning?
(a) He cries at the red-bearded man's house.
(b) He gets drunk and lays with the fat woman.
(c) He retrieves the hare-lipped girl's body from the pit.
(d) He murders the blind man before leaving town.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who might Barabbas have joined that hated the Jerusalem temple, priests and scribes?
(a) The Pharisees.
(b) The Samaritans.
(c) The Moabites.
(d) His old band of thieves.

11. Whom does Barabbas kill at the stoning pit?
(a) The true believer.
(b) The potter.
(c) The blind man.
(d) The Pharisee.

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

13. What does the hare-lipped girl say before she dies?
(a) "Abba!"
(b) "Forgive me!"
(c) "Barabbas!"
(d) "He has come!"

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Barabbas and Sahak feel about their above ground work?

2. What was inscribed on the front of Sahak's slave medallion?

3. What happened to Barabbas's mother after she gave birth to him?

4. Where does Barabbas carry the hare-lipped girl's body?

5. How does Sahak die?

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