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

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

3. When Joshua's face shows up on a piece of bread, who does Mary try to convince others in the town the face really is?
(a) Joshua
(b) Biff
(c) Peter
(d) Moses

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The two idiot tells Biff to become a ____________ and to stop thinking too much about what's happening.

2. Who knifes the Roman to death, just as the Roman is about to come after the child pranksters?

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

4. The Romans have restricted __________ after the attack on the legionnaire the previous night.

5. Joshua calls the statue at the gate of Sepphoris ___________ and wonders why the Jews have not torn it down.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joshua's response when Maggie talks about wanting to be a fisherman as they are discussing apprenticeships?

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

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

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

5. Why is the city of Sepphoris now restricted in terms of who can come in and out of the gates?

6. What does Ancient Biff try to persuade Joshua to do as they are beginning their apprenticeships?

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

8. What is Joshua's reaction to the statue of Venus they find at the gate of Sepphoris?

9. Who is being accused of knifing the Roman legionnaire, even though he was not the guilty person?

10. What happens when the boys begin to deface the statue in the way they had intended?

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