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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the clawing sensation occur for Jesus?
(a) Whenever he is in close proximity to the Devil.
(b) Whenever he feels pleasure.
(c) Whenever something bad happens to one of his disciples.
(d) Whenever he has committed a sin.

2. What is Jesus unable to vanquish?
(a) Pride.
(b) Fear.
(c) Lust.
(d) Envy.

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

4. What does Simeon wonder about Jesus when they are at the monastery together?
(a) What signals Jesus receives from God.
(b) Why Jesus doesn't marry Mary Magdalene.
(c) What hidden pain devours Jesus.
(d) When Jesus began thinking that he might be the Messiah.

5. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?
(a) She knows that there is something special about him.
(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 he is the Messiah.

6. What is Jesus's defense to save himself from God hunting him?
(a) Helping his disciples to see him as human.
(b) Doing what he can to keep the Romans out of Nazareth.
(c) Hiding himself in the monastery.
(d) Committing every conceivable sin to make God detest him.

7. What does Simeon say to the men who move to block Jesus's path, as he carries the cross he built?
(a) He threatens them.
(b) He tells them not to impede God's will.
(c) He says nothing.
(d) He encourages them.

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

9. In Chapter 6, Jesus leaves home to do what?
(a) Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
(b) Visit Mary Magdalene.
(c) Enter a desert monastery.
(d) Face Barabbas in Golgotha.

10. What do Judas and Zebedee clash over?
(a) Greed and the Messiah.
(b) The consequences of the storm.
(c) The price of fish.
(d) How Zebedee treats his workers.

11. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?
(a) He rises to Heaven.
(b) He is sent to Hell.
(c) He is crucified.
(d) He is pursued as "The One."

12. How does Mary Magdalene feel about God?
(a) She believes in God, but she does not practice a religion.
(b) She hates God because he has kept her from being happy with Jesus.
(c) She is an atheist.
(d) She believes God exists, but does not believe in the same God Jesus does.

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

14. Simeon advises Jesus to do what, because it often drives out demons?
(a) Make a pilgrimage.
(b) Get baptized.
(c) Get married.
(d) Be exorcised.

15. What is Jesus's response when Judas reveals his intent to kill him?
(a) Jesus threatens Judas in return.
(b) Jesus calls for help.
(c) Jesus reminds Judas that murderers do not go to Heaven.
(d) Jesus invites him to strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus tell Simeon he dreams of doing?

2. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?

3. What does Andrew call Jesus?

4. Who is the first person to be executed in the novel?

5. Who takes over carrying the cross that Jesus built, when Jesus becomes tired?

(see the answer keys)

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