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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While other children play normal games, Biff and Joshua used to pretend to be _____________.

2. What is the kind of food that Raziel and Biff both enjoy ordering via room service?

3. Rabbi ___________ tells Joshua he can be anything he wants to be, just as long as he does not talk about it.

4. The person from #46's answer wants a statue of the well-endowed ______________ to be set in place.

5. Biff's father talks with the ____________ who has hired him to build the house where the stonecutting takes place.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Biff claim to have invented, which was then named by Bart, though Joshua does not understand this?

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

4. What did Joshua know how to do as a young child growing up in Nazareth?

5. Why does modern day Biff believe Raziel will not want him to read the Bible that is in the hotel room?

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

7. What are the two rules of the Romans, as Gaius reveals to the children when they are at the funeral?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Biff is very curious as to how the events in the Bible are portrayed, finally securing a copy of the Bible to see how others have written about his lifetime.

Part 1: Why do you think Biff is so interested in learning more about the way the stories have been told?

Part 2: Why do you think Raziel doesn't want Biff to read any of the Bible's version of events?

Part 3: Do you think Biff needed to see what was already written down about his times? Or would it have been better for him to not have looked at the Bible? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The concept of a miracle is a clouded one in this story. Though most of the time people believe all miracles are great and produce positive results, this isn't always the case.

Part 1: Do you personally think miracles are always good things? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think the book made sure to show that not all miracles produce positive results?

Part 3: How did you feel when the miracle Joshua performed ended up angering the parents? How do you think the parents should have felt?

Essay Topic 3

One of the laws in the Jewish faith is that the Sabbath must be observed as a day of complete rest.

Part 1: Why do you think the day of rest is so important to those of the Jewish faith?

Part 2: Do you think there should be exceptions to the rule of always resting on the Sabbath? Why or why not?

Part 3: Would you want to try a day of rest in your life? Do you think you could simply stop and rest for a day? Why or why not?

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