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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the book opens, where is Barabbas standing?
(a) In the marketplace.
(b) At the bottom of the hill.
(c) Near the cross.
(d) In front of the governor.

2. Where does the hare-lipped girl live?
(a) With the fat woman.
(b) In the low-vaulted room.
(c) At the Dung Gate.
(d) Near the temple.

3. What does Barabbas think has happened to Jesus' body?
(a) Jesus has risen from the dead.
(b) Jesus' followers have taken the body away in the night.
(c) The Roman soldiers removed his body the night before.
(d) The body was never actually in the tomb.

4. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior after he returns from the village on the mountain?
(a) He trying to become a better man.
(b) He has been posessed by the crucified man's spirit.
(c) He has become insane like the man on the mountain.
(d) He is lying.

5. What does the hare-lipped girl do after the red-beaded man speaks to the Christians?
(a) She clears the dishes.
(b) She speaks to the believers.
(c) She leaves the building in tears.
(d) She speaks to Barabbas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas ask the girl he meets in Jerusalem?

2. Where does Barabbas spend his first night after arriving in Jerusalem?

3. What event causes the soldiers near the cross to jump to their feet and grab their weapons?

4. Whom does Barabbas see near his hiding place?

5. Whom does the red-bearded man and his group believe that the crucified man is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the residents who live near the Dung Gate.

2. Describe Barabbas' appearance.

3. What does Barabbas notice about the people in Jerusalem the day after the crucifixion?

4. What does the red-bearded man confess to Barabbas?

5. Describe what the characters do at the fat woman's house.

6. To what do the characters at the fat woman's house attribute the halo Barabbas describes seeing?

7. Describe hare-lipped girl's actions and thoughts on the resurrection morning.

8. What does the red-bearded man claim is the point of the crucifixion?

9. What statement does the fat woman make that offends the hare-lipped girl?

10. Why is Barabbas pleased that he did not see the resurrection?

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