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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Simeon tell Jesus's mother, in regard to her son?
(a) He will have a very difficult life, because he is the Messiah.
(b) He is unsure whether Jesus is suited to the role of being the Messiah.
(c) It is God that torments him, not a demon, so there can be no exorcism.
(d) She must resign herself to the fact that Jesus will die young.

3. What does Simeon reveal to reassure the people?
(a) The Israelites will be successful in their revolt against the Romans.
(b) God has assured him that he will live to see the Messiah.
(c) Jerusalem will be restored to its former glory.
(d) Jesus is the Messiah.

4. Jesus realizes that the central figure in all of his dreams is __________.
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Judas.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jesus first feel the clawing sensation?

2. What is Barabbas planning on doing in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?

5. What is Mary doing when Simeon visits?

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