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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Boy, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One rule of the Romans is to pay your taxes; what is the other rule?
(a) Ignore the Sabbath
(b) Don't rebel
(c) Have many wives
(d) Worship multiple Gods

2. What does Mary do to Joshua to further hide his identity when his faces shows up on a bread during Passover?
(a) Cuts his hair
(b) Sends him away
(c) Keeps him inside
(d) Dresses him differently

3. What animal follows Joshua everywhere he goes when he is a child?
(a) A black cobra
(b) A fish
(c) A lamb
(d) A camel

4. Biff tries to persuade Joshua to join him in his apprenticeship as __________ is scarce.
(a) Wood
(b) Money
(c) Stone
(d) Water

5. While other children play normal games, Biff and Joshua used to pretend to be _____________.
(a) Actors
(b) Apostles
(c) Rabbis
(d) Devils

Short Answer Questions

1. The town idiot, __________, turns out to be smarter than he looks, according to some of the characters.

2. What does Biff discover in the hotel room, though he knows Raziel will not want him to find it?

3. What is the form of humor Biff tells Joshua he has created and Bart has named?

4. As Joshua and Maggie and Biff are walking to a ________, they talk about what the boys will do as men.

5. Joshua calls the statue at the gate of Sepphoris ___________ and wonders why the Jews have not torn it down.

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