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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. What do the men do after returning from their brief excursions?
(a) Greet Barabbas.
(b) Wash their hands.
(c) Eat and talk more.
(d) Sleep.

2. How does Barabbas react to the physical appearance of the believer he meets in the village on the mountain?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is repulsed.
(c) He is curious, yet cautious.
(d) He is surprised.

3. To what do Barabbas's friends attribute the unusual events Barabbas saw while at Golgotha?
(a) His emotional state after experiencing such a brutal crucifixion.
(b) God's intervention in the crucifixion.
(c) His eyes adjusting to daylight after having been in the dungeon.
(d) His mental state after enduring the ordeal of the trial.

4. What warning does the red-beaded man give the believers?
(a) Barabbas is a Roman spy.
(b) The blind man is a Roman spy.
(c) They might soon be persecuted.
(d) The Romans demand bribes.

5. While in the Fat Woman's house in Jerusalem, where do the men occasionally go?
(a) Out to get more wine.
(b) Outside to use the restroom.
(c) Behind the curtain with the women.
(d) Upstairs to have a smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas look like?

2. Why doesn't Barabbas believe Jesus is the Son of God?

3. What does Barabbas do after he leaves the tomb?

4. What event takes place in the low-vaulted room?

5. What did Jesus tell the hare-lipped girl she would do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fat woman react to Barabbas staying in Jerusalem?

2. Describe Barabbas' actions and thoughts on the resurrection morning.

3. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior?

4. What do Barabbas and the characters at the fat woman's house discuss?

5. Describe the hare-lipped girl.

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

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

8. Describe Barabbas' appearance.

9. Why doesn't Barabbas believe that Jesus could be the Son of God?

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

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