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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. How does Judas try to help get Ana out of her betrothal?
(a) He spreads rumors about Nathaniel.
(b) He kills Nathaniel.
(c) He sets part of Nathaniel's land on fire to make the match less attractive to both Nathaniel and Matthias.
(d) He spreads rumors about Ana.

2. What does Jesus tell Ana he prays for most often in Part II?
(a) For rain.
(b) For a new plague.
(c) For a brother.
(d) For God to bring his kingdom to earth.

3. Who is Ana's mother's faithful servant?
(a) Yaltha.
(b) Shipra.
(c) Mary.
(d) Tabitha.

4. How is Ana treated after the end of her betrothal?
(a) As a scribe.
(b) As a priestess.
(c) As a widow.
(d) As a leper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ana's father let her do that is very rare for women to be allowed to do?

2. What does Ana discover about Tabitha's father when visiting Tabitha's house?

3. Where do Ana's parents take her in order to meet her betrothed?

4. Where does Jesus ask for news about Tabitha?

5. Who is Ana's first betrothal to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which servant in Ana's house does Ana trust and rely upon, and why is this?

2. Why does Herod Antipas chose Ana to pose for his mosaic?

3. In Part I, which female family member is Ana closest to and why?

4. What does Ana ask for in return for posing for Herod Antipas's mosaic and why does she ask this?

5. What is one possible reason for Judith's dislike of Ana?

6. What does Yaltha tell Ana to do when her "moment" comes?

7. What does Ana think Jesus's family's first impression of her is?

8. How is Ana eventually freed from her betrothal?

9. What does Judas do in Part II to raise Matthias's ire?

10. What rumors start about Ana following the end of her betrothal?

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