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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. What are the boys going to do to the statue of Apollo when they are out on their prank?

2. ___________ tells the children about the fact that Rome only has two rules everyone must follow.

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

4. Everyone in ___________ goes to Sepphoris to plead for the life of the accused.

5. Who has to wait outside the fortress to be paid for the supplies he has brought?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are other people in the town afraid that Mary might attract too much attention from the Philistines?

3. What does Joshua purchase when he is on the Silk Road and then becomes addicted to it?

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

5. What is ironic about the man who delivers pizza to Raziel and Biff when they are staying in a hotel room?

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

7. What does Raziel ponder when he finally obtains a copy of the Soap Opera Digest in the hotel room?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of relationships is one the pervades the entire book, giving the reader a chance to see different relationships at work - and how these relationships affect other events in the book.

Part 1: What is the importance of the relationship between Biff and Joshua?

Part 2: What is the importance of the relationship between Joshua and Maggie? Between Biff and Maggie?

Part 3: Why do you think the relationship between Joshua and a best friend is introduced to the stories of the Bible in this book? What does this relationship provide for the role of Joshua? For the reader?

Essay Topic 2

The concept of marriage is quite different in this book, with the custom being that most marry at 14.

Part 1: What do you think about people being married at the age of 14? Why was this acceptable at the time?

Part 2: Do you think Maggie and Biff would have been a successful couple if they were able to marry?

Part 3: Why do you think marriages were arranged during this time? What was the value of arranging marriages?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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