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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has sex with a prostitute in order to try to explain sex to another character in the story?
(a) Joshua
(b) Biff
(c) Peter
(d) Moses

2. __________ starts shouting that Joshua consorts with demons when he is knocked over by Joshua's animal.
(a) Joseph
(b) Biff
(c) Jakan
(d) Moses

3. The Romans have restricted __________ after the attack on the legionnaire the previous night.
(a) Water
(b) Access
(c) Stone
(d) Food

4. Rabbi ___________ tells Joshua he can be anything he wants to be, just as long as he does not talk about it.
(a) Hillel
(b) Yahweh
(c) Yakov
(d) Justus

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

6. What is the kind of food that Raziel and Biff both enjoy ordering via room service?
(a) Shrimp
(b) Pizza
(c) Caviar
(d) Veggie burgers

7. ___________ develops a sense of satire around the stories of the Bible, while ___________ wants to play true to the stories.
(a) Biff/Peter
(b) Joshua/Peter
(c) Biff/Joshua
(d) Joshua/Biff

8. What are the color of the robes and the wings of Raziel when he appears to the captain of the ship?
(a) Green
(b) White
(c) Blue
(d) Black

9. Who is arrested for the knifing of the legionnaire, something which upsets the boys?
(a) Maggie
(b) Joseph
(c) Biff
(d) Moses

10. Raziel wonders about the ___________ who foretell the future events in his beloved soap operas.
(a) Magazines
(b) Writers
(c) Scoops
(d) Prophets

11. Who is the other character who argues with Joshua about who the real Messiah is?
(a) John
(b) Joseph
(c) Moses
(d) Biff

12. Biff convinces Raziel that ________ can not buy magazines for the guests in order to get Raziel to go away for a while.
(a) Jesus
(b) God
(c) Peter
(d) Mildred

13. Maggie declares she would like to be a ______________, though this is not something women do.
(a) Preacher
(b) Fisherman
(c) Blacksmith
(d) Stonecutter

14. Biff's father talks with the ____________ who has hired him to build the house where the stonecutting takes place.
(a) Jew
(b) Christian
(c) Greek
(d) Roman guard

15. Biff tries to explain to Raziel that soap operas are _____________, but the angel does not understand.
(a) Reality
(b) Stupid
(c) Pointless
(d) Fiction

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not finished, so the statue can not be put into place as of yet?

2. Raziel makes ___________ promise to tell any shepherds he might come across about the good news of Christ's coming.

3. Biff wants Joshua to ___________ when he hears about the forced marriage of Maggie.

4. What are the boys going to do to the statue of Apollo when they are out on their prank?

5. What is the name Biff gives to the rebellious Jews who try to cause trouble for the Romans?

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