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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jesus's mother embarrassed when the cross is hoisted for the first execution in the novel?
(a) Jesus is too weak to hoist the cross.
(b) The crowd taunts Jesus for making the cross.
(c) The man who is to be executed spits on Jesus.
(d) The cross Jesus made tilts.

2. When confronted by Pilate, what does Jesus deny?
(a) Being the Messiah.
(b) Knowing his disciples.
(c) Being a king, in a political sense.
(d) Being the son of Mary and Joseph.

3. Jesus angers Judas when he talks about what?
(a) Living in peace with the Romans.
(b) Being the Messiah.
(c) Allowing himself to be crucified.
(d) Pitying all of Creation.

4. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?
(a) Jesus and his disciples.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) The Zealots.
(d) Zebedee and his workers.

5. Who is Matthew when Jesus meets him?
(a) A Roman emissary.
(b) A hated customs officer.
(c) A poor fisherman.
(d) A carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal tells Jesus that the doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical?

2. After watching Jesus carry the cross he built, to whom does Simeon compare Jesus?

3. What does Andrew call Jesus?

4. What is the subject of the parable that Jesus tells Zebedee?

5. What happens to Simeon shortly before Passover?

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