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

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

3. What does Biff throw during the bloody ceremony in order to distract those who are involved?
(a) Flowers
(b) Bombs
(c) Candy
(d) Arrows

4. Joshua tells Biff about the _____________ that Melchior is teaching him, while Biff talks about Kashmir.
(a) Ghost
(b) Holy Ghost
(c) Divine Spark
(d) Caste system

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many huge iron bolts are on the door that Balthesar says Biff and Joshua can not enter at any time?

2. Who gets cold on the journey, as he has not mastered the art of creating his own heat?

3. What does Joshua do on the Sabbath that gets the attention of the Pharisees who are already nervous about Joshua?

4. Men with spears chase Biff, Joshua, and __________ through the elephant grass until they come upon a tiger and its kill.

5. The boys find out that Balthesar has eight _________, a fact which amazes Biff.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story Rumi tells Joshua and Biff about his life and his current situation?

2. Why does Herod fear Joshua and want him to be killed as a result of his fears?

3. What happens when Joshua is able to let go of all his concepts of self during his lessons?

4. Why do Biff and Joshua decide to try to travel around the Great Wall of China?

5. What happens when the man at the inn in Antioch gives Joshua a piece of cloth to wipe his face?

6. When the mayor of Magdala begs Joshua and Biff to raise his daughter from the dead, what do the two men see is actually wrong with the daughter?

7. Why doesn't Maggie invite Bartholomew to the wedding, though she invites Joshua and Biff?

8. What is the parents' response to the actions of Biff and Joshua?

9. What happens when Joshua gives sight back to the guard he blinded while in a fit of rage?

10. When Biff and Joshua are traveling on a road flanked by fields of very tall grass, what is the warning they receive?

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