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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ana want to walk the hills of Sepphoris with Lavi?
(a) To find a place where she can store her money.
(b) To find her ancestor's bones.
(c) To find a cave to bury her scrolls.
(d) To find a place where she can meet Tabitha in secret.

2. What does Ana threaten her mother with in an effort to try to get her mother to convince her father to call off her betrothal?
(a) Telling her father of her mother's affair.
(b) Telling her father of her mother's spending habits.
(c) Telling her father that her mother uses contraceptives behind his back.
(d) Telling her father of her mother's practices of christianity.

3. What does Yaltha urge Ana to do after drugging Shipra and coming to her in the night secretly?
(a) Pooling their money to run away together.
(b) Hatching a plan to poison Ana's mother.
(c) Hiding the scrolls Ana wants to save most dearly before her parents can burn them.
(d) Hatching a plan to poison Ana's father.

4. What gives Ana hope that she might not have to marry after all?
(a) Herod tells Matthias he thinks it is not a good match.
(b) A fever sickness descends on Sepphoris, killing many.
(c) Nathaniel says Ana might not be worth the trouble.
(d) The judge puts a hold on all weddings due to the famine.

5. What does Phasaelis use to write to Ana in Part II that Ana covets?
(a) A tablet of thin ivory.
(b) Metal sheets.
(c) A tablet of clay.
(d) Fine papyrus.

6. What is Jesus's nickname for Ana?
(a) Darling.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Little Thunder.
(d) Lovely.

7. Mary, Jesus's mother, tells Ana that it is always a marvel if one's pain does not settle into which of the following?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Happiness.

8. What does Jesus tell Ana has befallen Tabitha?
(a) She has been killed.
(b) She has been blinded.
(c) She has become a healer.
(d) She has been sold into slavery.

9. Who is Nathaniel's sister who comes to see Ana?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Zia.
(c) Zopher.
(d) Raniah.

10. What does Ana gather that Jesus has touched from their very first encounter?
(a) A nail.
(b) A leaflet.
(c) A splinter from a shepard's hook.
(d) A piece of red thread.

11. Who was Yaltha's husband?
(a) Ruebel.
(b) Flebel.
(c) Haran.
(d) Simon.

12. How does Ana keep track of Jesus's absences?
(a) By looking at the moon and singing.
(b) By placing a pebble for each day he is gone on his sleeping mat.
(c) By marking crosses in the dirt.
(d) By eating an extra piece of bread every day he is gone.

13. Who is Tabitha betrothed to?
(a) Herod.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Henry.

14. What secret does Ana confide in Jesus in Part II when Mary inquires about when they will have children?
(a) She is taking midwife's herbs to prevent pregnancy.
(b) She already has a child.
(c) She wants children very badly.
(d) She knows she can not have children.

15. When is Ana married to Jesus?
(a) The second week of Marchelis.
(b) The eve of Passover.
(c) The third of Nisan.
(d) June tide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ana become free of her first betrothal?

2. What is the greeting of Ana's people to say "hello" while out in public?

3. What does Phasaelis tell Ana when she arrives at Herod Antipas's palace to see the mosaic?

4. What does Jesus tell Ana he prays for most often in Part II?

5. Who does Herod Antipas send after Ana when she flees from the palace?

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