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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Joshua try to cure of his ailments, though he is not happy when Joshua makes his attempt?
(a) The blind guard
(b) The deaf concubine
(c) The old man
(d) Joseph

2. A sign in the form of an image of ____________'s mother on a temple wall appears.
(a) Biff
(b) Joseph
(c) Moses
(d) Joshua

3. What is Biff's first task at the Buddhist monastery, the one that does not go well, prompting Joshua to step in to heal Biff?
(a) Shaving a yak
(b) Carrying water
(c) Standing on his head
(d) Meditating

4. __________'s mother bawls him out for not writing over the past seventeen years he has been away.
(a) Biff
(b) Moses
(c) Joshua
(d) Joseph

5. What does Biff learn about when he pays for lessons from Kashmir?
(a) Sutras
(b) Yoga
(c) Kama Sutra
(d) Upanishads

6. Whose Buddhist monastery are Biff and Joshua trying to reach in this section of the book?
(a) Joseph's
(b) Balthesar's
(c) Melchior's
(d) Gaspar's

7. While waiting for a boat to cross the lake, Biff recruits ___________ to be a part of the followers of Joshua.
(a) Matthew
(b) Peter
(c) Michael
(d) Mark

8. Men with spears chase Biff, Joshua, and __________ through the elephant grass until they come upon a tiger and its kill.
(a) Siddhartha
(b) Rumi
(c) Buddha
(d) Ganesha

9. What is so long that Joshua and Biff try to walk all the way around the Great Wall of China, only to give up?
(a) The pathway into the city
(b) The line for food
(c) The line for the gate
(d) The journey

10. Joshua and Biff take Maggie to the house of her sister _____________ in order to be safe.
(a) Ruth
(b) Eve
(c) Martha
(d) Lilith

11. Who is the first disciple of Joshua and is picked up on the way out of town the day after the men return?
(a) Philip
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Peter
(d) John

12. Gaspar receives the boys at the monastery and gives them __________ for names, orders a monk to feed them, and tells them their lessons will begin in the morning.
(a) Numbers
(b) Characters
(c) Sounds
(d) Colors

13. In what city do Joshua and Biff visit with Joy, now known as the Cruel and Accursed Dragon Princess?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Nepal
(c) Kabul
(d) Beijing

14. Where is the man from who gave Joshua some help when he was bleeding?
(a) Bethlehem
(b) Turin
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Nepal

15. Gaspar teaches Joshua about loving his neighbor as his self, which prompts Joshua to become _________ again.
(a) Awake
(b) Messiah
(c) Hungry
(d) Visible

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days do the monks refuse entrance to Biff and Joshua, as this is a test to make sure they are committed?

2. Balthesar's fortress is built into _____________, which puzzles Biff when he sees it.

3. Biff learns that _____________ has been arrested for inciting people to riot.

4. Biff helps Joshua compose the Sermon on the _____________, which will be given to the followers of John.

5. Justus tells Joshua and the others that Jakan has _______________ Maggie and also wants Joshua dead.

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