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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mary Magdalene being chased, by a mob, to Capernaum?
(a) Barabbas caught her "working" on the Sabbath.
(b) She refused Barabbas's advances.
(c) They think she is a Roman spy.
(d) They know of her affiliation with Jesus.

2. Who orders Barabbas to leave?
(a) Zebedee.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Salome.
(d) Judas.

3. What is Mary doing when Simeon visits?
(a) Spinning wool.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Tending to her animals.
(d) Making soap.

4. Who pronounces Abbot Joachim dead?
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Simeon.
(d) Habakkuk.

5. What does the windstorm drive out of the well?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Rats.
(d) Crows.

6. Why does Simeon rebuke Jesus after the Abbot's funeral?
(a) Jesus is trying to defy God's will.
(b) Jesus is showing too much weakness.
(c) Jesus has no pity for his mother.
(d) Jesus could have saved the Abbot.

7. Why is John sent to Nazareth?
(a) To tell everyone that Abbot Joachim is dead.
(b) To obtain Jesus's blessing.
(c) To get Jesus to save Abbot Joachim.
(d) To get Simeon.

8. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?
(a) She knows that he is the Messiah.
(b) She is embittered that the monastery took her son.
(c) She is afraid of what he might do if she doesn't feed him.
(d) She knows that there is something special about him.

9. When did Jesus first feel the clawing sensation?
(a) At 15.
(b) At 3.
(c) At 9.
(d) At 12.

10. Why does Jesus get trapped in Magdala?
(a) The disciples ask him to wait and meet them there.
(b) A storm prevents him from leaving.
(c) He is being hunted, and Magdala is the only place where he is safe.
(d) The guards are detaining him because they think he is suspicious.

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

12. What are the men doing in Zebedee's yard at the beginning of autumn?
(a) Cleaning fish and preparing them for market.
(b) Shaving the wool from his sheep.
(c) Processing grapes into wine.
(d) Building a boat.

13. Why does Jacob resist when Barabbas drags Mary Magdalene out?
(a) He is in love with Mary Magdalene.
(b) He wants to observe Moses's law.
(c) He and Mary Magdalene were childhood friends.
(d) He knows how angry Jesus will be.

14. Why does Jesus think Magdalene prostitutes herself?
(a) She wants to hurt Jesus for not marrying her.
(b) When they were three years old they played together naked.
(c) She has no other skills with which to support herself.
(d) He wasn't able to marry and support her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the parable Jesus tells the poor on the hill in Capernaum?

2. What is Jesus unable to vanquish?

3. What does Simeon say to the men who move to block Jesus's path, as he carries the cross he built?

4. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?

5. Who visits Jesus in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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