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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If the accused knifing suspect is convicted and found guilty, what will happen to the guilty party's family?
(a) They will be excommunicated
(b) They will be crucified
(c) Nothing
(d) They will be banished

3. Joshua notes that the _____________ only cares for himself and decides to try raising a woman from the dead.
(a) Priest
(b) Husband
(c) Mother
(d) Guard

4. What does the person who wants the statue moved threaten the boys with when they are unable to move it yet?
(a) Whip
(b) Sword
(c) Spike
(d) Gun

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

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

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

8. Who ends up killing the Roman's killer before the killer kills Maggie?
(a) Biff
(b) Joshua
(c) Justus
(d) No one

9. What is the form of humor Biff tells Joshua he has created and Bart has named?
(a) Sarcasm
(b) Black laughs
(c) Satire
(d) Dark humor

10. 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) Peter
(c) John
(d) Biff

11. What happens to the Jews who tried to take down a statue of a Roman god?
(a) Nothing
(b) They were celebrated
(c) They were thrown into prison
(d) They were crucified

12. What does modern day Biff use to tip room service, even though this is an innocent mistake?
(a) $100 bill
(b) Quarter
(c) Dime
(d) Penny

13. Everyone in ___________ goes to Sepphoris to plead for the life of the accused.
(a) Bethlehem
(b) Nazareth
(c) Israel
(d) Gommorah

14. What is the Hebrew name for Biff, the main character in this book?
(a) David
(b) Levi
(c) Peter
(d) Joshua

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Balthesar appears as a huge __________, which turns out to be a costume and a joke he plays on the boys.

2. Joshua and Biff hire on a ship to shorten their trip to ______________, though they are charged for the trip and still have to work.

3. What is the kind of food that Raziel and Biff both enjoy ordering via room service?

4. The angel Raziel shows up to announce the coming of Christ _________ years too late, as Raziel was playing cards.

5. Who is Joshua's true father, even though another man steps in to take on the role?

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