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

2. ____________ 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

3. Who is Joshua's true father, even though another man steps in to take on the role?
(a) Moses
(b) Joseph
(c) Peter
(d) Jehovah

4. What does Biff discover in the hotel room, though he knows Raziel will not want him to find it?
(a) TV
(b) Magazines
(c) Bible
(d) Bathtub

5. Who is chipping away at the state when the Roman legionnaire discovers them in their prank?
(a) Maggie
(b) No one
(c) Joshua
(d) Biff

Short Answer Questions

1. Biff convinces Raziel that ________ can not buy magazines for the guests in order to get Raziel to go away for a while.

2. Who is arrested for the knifing of the legionnaire, something which upsets the boys?

3. One rule of the Romans is to pay your taxes; what is the other rule?

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

5. Raziel wonders about the ___________ who foretell the future events in his beloved soap operas.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Biff want Joshua to do once he hears about what will happen to Maggie?

4. In Jerusalem, Biff and Joshua come upon John the Baptist. What is John doing when they first see him?

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

6. What is the honest mistake that Biff makes when he is tipping the room service?

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

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

9. What addiction does Raziel seem to have that Biff wants to use against him in order to read the Bible?

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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