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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesus believe about the Messiah?
(a) He does not believe that the Messiah is coming.
(b) He believes that he will die alone, crowned with thorns, atop a mountain.
(c) He believes that people will not be ready when the Messiah comes.
(d) He believes that he is the Messiah.

2. What does Jesus tell Simeon he dreams of doing?
(a) Marrying Mary Magdalene and having a normal life.
(b) Leaving Nazareth and starting over somewhere that no one knows him.
(c) Becoming the Son of God and God himself.
(d) Dying and ascending to Heaven.

3. After watching Jesus carry the cross he built, to whom does Simeon compare Jesus?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Judas.

4. What kind of invisible animal does Jesus feel sinking its claws into his skull?
(a) A falcon.
(b) An owl.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A dove.

5. The ants, the lizard and the butterflies convince Jesus of what?
(a) He should propose to Mary Magdalene.
(b) All are God's creatures.
(c) He is the Messiah, and should begin acting that way.
(d) He cannot save everyone, and must choose wisely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abbot Joachim's response when he meets Jesus?

2. How does Jesus's mother look at him when he struggles and falls under the weight of the cross he built?

3. What did the clawing sensation stop Jesus from doing when he was twenty years old?

4. Why is Jesus's mother embarrassed when the cross is hoisted for the first execution in the novel?

5. Where do the ten fishermen work?

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