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

2. Who is "The Curse"?
(a) An armor-clad woman with an eagle's head.
(b) An invisible vulture that claws at Jesus's head.
(c) A snake with a woman's head.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

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

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

5. What is the rabbi's usual cry to God?
(a) "What would you have me do?"
(b) "How long?"
(c) "Sanctuary!"
(d) "My master!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Jesus realizes that the central figure in all of his dreams is __________.

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

3. How does Jesus's mother look at him when he struggles and falls under the weight of the cross he built?

4. What does Andrew lecture Zebedee and the other men about?

5. What does Jesus's mother recall as he passes her, carrying the cross that he built?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jesus go in Chapter 6?

2. What unpleasant sensation does Jesus often experience?

3. What occurs between Judas, Zebedee, and Philip when they meet in Capernaum during the storm?

4. What is the Curse?

5. Why does Judas decide not to kill Jesus at the monastery?

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

7. How does Jesus meet Zebedee?

8. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?

9. What does Jesus say to comfort the poor in Capernaum, who look to him for guidance?

10. Why doesn't Jesus propose to Mary Magdalene?

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