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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joshua's face shows up on a piece of bread, who does Mary try to convince others in the town the face really is?
(a) Biff
(b) Peter
(c) Moses
(d) Joshua

2. ______________ sarcastically lets out a few statements about how great the work is that they are doing.
(a) Justus
(b) Biff
(c) Joshua
(d) Peter

3. ____________ sends everyone home with a warning not to pull any more strange pranks without letting him get drunk.
(a) Justus
(b) Peter
(c) Jeremiah
(d) Joseph

4. Who knocks down the man who tried to threaten the boys with punishment?
(a) Joseph
(b) Justus
(c) Peter
(d) Joshua

5. What does Biff compare the Old Testament of the Bible to, noting it is very similar?
(a) His favorite bedtime stories
(b) Qu'ran
(c) God's word
(d) Torah

6. Maggie's mother promises Maggie to marry __________ after six months have passed.
(a) Jakan
(b) Biff
(c) Joseph
(d) Peter

7. Who does Biff invite along on a prank he and Joshua are going to play on a statue of Apollo?
(a) Peter
(b) Moses
(c) Maggie
(d) Joseph

8. What does Biff try to talk Raziel into buying in order to get him out of the hotel room for a bit?
(a) New York Times
(b) Soap Opera Digest
(c) Ladies Home Journal
(d) Newsweek

9. Who knifes the Roman to death, just as the Roman is about to come after the child pranksters?
(a) Justus
(b) Jeremiah
(c) Peter
(d) Joseph

10. What does Maggie's father do for a living at the beginning of this book and its story?
(a) Carpenter
(b) Rabbi
(c) Stonecutter
(d) Blacksmith

11. What does Biff's father do for a living, so it is generally expected he will do the same thing?
(a) Carpenter
(b) Blacksmith
(c) Stonecutter
(d) Tax collector

12. Who does Joshua blind in a fit of rage after raising a thief from the dead once, only to have him be killed again?
(a) A guard
(b) Biff
(c) Peter
(d) John

13. Why does the town idiot ask Biff what is wrong when he is waiting at the well?
(a) Biff collapses
(b) Biff is praying
(c) Biff is crying
(d) Biff is laughing

14. As Joshua and Maggie and Biff are walking to a ________, they talk about what the boys will do as men.
(a) Wedding
(b) Funeral
(c) Class
(d) Church service

15. Raziel makes ___________ promise to tell any shepherds he might come across about the good news of Christ's coming.
(a) Maggie
(b) Joseph
(c) Joshua
(d) Biff

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joshua buy on the Silk Road, eventually becoming addicted to it?

2. What is the Hebrew name for Biff, the main character in this book?

3. If the accused knifing suspect is convicted and found guilty, what will happen to the guilty party's family?

4. Who is thrown overboard when he makes a sarcastic comment to the captain of the boat?

5. The sale of ___________ helps to finance the room that Raziel and Biff share in the modern times.

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