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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon suggest after the grandmother dies?
(a) That Daniel find someone to take care of Leah.
(b) That Daniel take over his blacksmith shop in Ketzah.
(c) That Daniel come with him to follow the carpenter.
(d) That Daniel get a job as tax collector.

2. How does Daniel know that Rosh had him watched during the robbery?
(a) Daniel heard voices on the mountainside but did not see anyone.
(b) Rosh tells him that he had him watched.
(c) Rosh knows that Daniel did not return with both of the old man's daggers.
(d) Samson tells him using sign language.

3. What two things make Daniel wait after knocking the old man unconscious?
(a) The old man may have more gold and Daniel may have to kill him.
(b) He might hold the old man for ransom or steal his clothes.
(c) The old man may die if Daniel does not help him, and Daniel is sorry he attacked the man.
(d) The old man is a Jew and he is old and unarmed.

4. What political conflict is going on at the time of this story?
(a) Conflict between Rosh and the Romans.
(b) Conflict between youth and their elders.
(c) Conflict between the Jews and the Romans.
(d) Conflict between the rich and the poor.

5. Who cared for Daniel and Leah after their parents died?
(a) The people of the village.
(b) Their uncle and his wife.
(c) Their grandmother.
(d) They took care of themselves.

6. Examining the black man, what do the men conclude?
(a) That he is deaf and mute.
(b) That he is very intelligent.
(c) That he is bigger than Rosh.
(d) That he is a danger to them.

7. What killed Daniel's mother?
(a) A Roman soldier ran her through with his spear.
(b) She went on a hunger strike and died.
(c) She spent three days and nights in the cold at his father's grave and got sick.
(d) She hanged herself from a tree.

8. Why did Daniel run away from Ketzah in the first place?
(a) His grandmother threw him out of her house.
(b) His girlfriend married another man.
(c) He threw stones at Roman soldiers and they were looking for him.
(d) His master beat him every day.

9. Who rescued Daniel on the mountain years ago?
(a) Ebol.
(b) Rosh.
(c) Joel.
(d) Jesus.

10. As Daniel is recovering, Joel reads to him from what book?
(a) Amos.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Enoch.

11. Why can Daniel not get the parts he needs from Simon?
(a) Simon does not have the parts Daniel needs.
(b) Simon is angry with Daniel for not returning to care for his relatives.
(c) Simon's shop is locked up and he has left the village.
(d) Simon will not give him parts for Rosh.

12. What is the symbolism of Daniel beating the flaws out of the hot metal at his anvil?
(a) He is trying to remove what he sees as flaws in himself.
(b) It symbolizes what he would like to do to Rosh.
(c) He is keeping busy so he doesn't have to think.
(d) It symbolizes what he would like to do to a Roman soldier.

13. For the second time, Daniel finds himself waiting for someone. Who?
(a) The carpenter from Nazareth.
(b) Samson.
(c) Joel and Thacia.
(d) Simon the Zealot.

14. After he confronts the soldier, Daniel does the only thing he can. What is that?
(a) Jump into the well.
(b) Run.
(c) Steal a horse and ride toward the mountain.
(d) Apologize.

15. How is Samson useful to the camp?
(a) Hauling water and wood.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Rolling rocks down the mountainside.
(d) Standing guard at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they get Leah out of the old house and into Simon's house?

2. What does Daniel decide to do that night?

3. What were the last words Daniel ever heard his grandmother say?

4. What makes Daniel return to Ketzah?

5. Why do Joel and his sister Malthace come to the mountain?

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