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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesus do when he is slapped?
(a) Ignores the slap completely.
(b) Reminds the person of God's swift retribution.
(c) Slaps the person back.
(d) Offers his other cheek.

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

3. What is Abbot Joachim's response when he meets Jesus?
(a) He screams "Adonai!" and faints.
(b) He looks hopeful, but is convinced by Jesus's conversation that he is not the Messiah.
(c) He looks blissful and says, "You've come."
(d) He is unconscious, and Jesus is unable to wake him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shelters Mary Magdalene in Capernaum?

2. While all the men are in Zebedee's yard, what is Salome overjoyed about?

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

4. Who pronounces Abbot Joachim dead?

5. What does the rabbi tell Jesus, in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jesus's mother feel when she sees Jesus carrying the cross at the beginning of the novel?

2. What do Jesus and Nathaniel talk about at the wedding of Nathaniel's nephew?

3. What does Jesus tells Simeon at the end of Chapter 10?

4. What do Mary and Simeon talk about when he visits her in Chapter 5?

5. How does Jesus meet Zebedee?

6. What are Jesus's beliefs regarding the Messiah at the beginning of the novel?

7. What happens between Jesus and Mary Magdalene at sunset, on Jesus's first night in Magdala?

8. What transpires between Jesus and Ananias?

9. What does Simeon advise Jesus to do, in Chapter 10, and how does Jesus respond?

10. Why does the mob chase Mary Magdalene to Capernaum?

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