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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The angel Raziel shows up to announce the coming of Christ _________ years too late, as Raziel was playing cards.
(a) 10
(b) 13
(c) 5
(d) 20

2. The town idiot, __________, turns out to be smarter than he looks, according to some of the characters.
(a) Joseph
(b) Bart
(c) Biff
(d) Peter

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

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

5. John the Baptist is baptizing one of _______'s younger brothers and is nearly drowning the boy in the process.
(a) Peter
(b) Maggie
(c) Joshua
(d) Biff

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the boys when they are ready to start their own apprenticeships?

2. Whose uncle is the Zealot who saves the children before they are able to escape by running away?

3. __________ starts shouting that Joshua consorts with demons when he is knocked over by Joshua's animal.

4. Joshua tells Maggie he will make her a _________ of men, though she does not understand what this means.

5. Who does Biff invite along on a prank he and Joshua are going to play on a statue of Apollo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Biff do in order to try to see Maggie, though this is not a successful idea?

2. What is the task that is assigned to Raziel by Heaven at the start of this book?

3. What does Bart, the town idiot, advise that Biff do when he sees Biff crying by the well?

4. What did Biff and Joshua like to do though other children in the town liked to play the usual games?

5. What is the prank Biff invites Maggie to come along to witness with he and Joshua?

6. Why does the angel Raziel show up to Biff ten years too late, according to Biff's recollection?

7. What reduces Mary's credibility in her talking about the virgin birth of Joshua, according to Biff's storytelling?

8. What happened when others have tried to take down the statue of Venus?

9. What happens when Joshua's attempts to save a thief from death fail after the thief is resurrected once?

10. What do the Pharisees want in return for the release of Joseph and the other accused people in the death of the Roman?

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