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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes over carrying the cross that Jesus built, when Jesus becomes tired?
(a) John.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Peter.
(d) Judas.

2. What did the clawing sensation stop Jesus from doing when he was twenty years old?
(a) Proposing to Mary Magdalene.
(b) Traveling to Golgotha.
(c) Turning his back on his disciples.
(d) Leaving his mother's house.

3. What does Jesus tell Simeon when he arrives home and finds Simeon there?
(a) Jesus tells Simeon that he will resist God until he dies.
(b) Jesus tells Simeon to get out of his house.
(c) Jesus tells Simeon that he is not the Messiah.
(d) Jesus tells Simeon that he defies God's will for his mother's sake.

4. Why does Jesus commit sins?
(a) To make God detest him.
(b) To convince his followers that he is unworthy of being the Messiah.
(c) Because he is human, and therefore imperfect.
(d) To better relate to his followers, because they too are sinners.

5. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?
(a) Whether it is God or the Devil who visits him.
(b) What he has to do to make them stop.
(c) Why he has them.
(d) Whether he is really the Chosen One.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary want Simeon to explain to her when he visits?

3. What does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?

4. After hearing what Jesus says to Simeon, what does Jesus's mother do?

5. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?

(see the answer key)

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