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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joel insist on staying near Daniel when the pack train is coming?
(a) He wants to see the large black man.
(b) He thinks Rosh is nearby and wants to meet him.
(c) He hopes to get some of the gold.
(d) He thinks Daniel is lying to him.

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

3. What does Daniel decide to do that night?
(a) To go to Capernaum to find Joel.
(b) To buy Simon's blacksmith shop.
(c) To kill his first Roman.
(d) To return to the mountain.

4. What reason does Hezron say the Jews of Capernaum should be grateful to the Romans?
(a) They post a guard around the synagogue.
(b) They have converted to the Jewish religion.
(c) They do not come to the city often.
(d) They built the beautiful synagogue there.

5. Why does Rosh tell Joel he cannot leave after they meet?
(a) Because of what Joel has seen.
(b) Because Rosh needs more men.
(c) Because the Romans are coming.
(d) Because Joel is injured.

6. What does Thacia do for Daniel?
(a) Sings him to sleep.
(b) Brings medicine and binds his wound.
(c) Sees that he has a pillow.
(d) Plays music on her harp.

7. After Daniel returns, what trial does Rosh put Daniel through?
(a) He is to rob an old miser of his gold.
(b) He is to survive 40 days and nights in the desert.
(c) He is to kill Samson.
(d) He is to sell Rosh his sister Leah.

8. What does Daniel think regarding his relationship to Joel?
(a) That Joel is too snobby for him.
(b) That Joel does not see the Romans the same way he does.
(c) That he has never had a real friend before.
(d) That Joel will never leave his luxury.

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

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

11. What do most people think that someone is doing on the mountain?
(a) Hiding from the law.
(b) Setting up a new government.
(c) Raising an army to fight the Romans.
(d) Manning a look out post.

12. After Nathan tells his story to Daniel, what does Daniel decide to do?
(a) Disguise Nathan as a woman.
(b) Teach Nathan how to fight.
(c) Walk Nathan home in case more village boys try to attack him.
(d) Offer to let Nathan stay the night in the shop.

13. How does Daniel finally get back to the cave?
(a) Samson is waiting for him and carries him to the cave.
(b) The sight of Roman soldiers in the valley below make him hurry on.
(c) Rosh sends out a patrol to find him.
(d) He rests at the foot of the mountain and continues the next morning.

14. How does Thacia behave when she sees Daniel?
(a) She smiles warmly and invites him in.
(b) She cannot recall having ever seen him before.
(c) She screams for him to go away.
(d) She stares but does not speak.

15. What is Simon's message for Daniel?
(a) The grandmother's house has fallen down.
(b) Daniel's sister will not stop crying for her brother.
(c) Amelek is dead and Daniel can return to the village.
(d) Daniel's grandmother is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. The grandmother's house is falling down. Where do Leah and Daniel go to live?

2. Some people do not have a high opinion of Rosh. What do they think he is?

3. Why does he stop on his way out of Capernaum?

4. What is Daniel's complaint against his countrymen?

5. How is he useful to Daniel?

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