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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 Lavi find the right key to free Ana and Yaltha from Haran's house?
(a) He can feel the right fit.
(b) He has been watching where Haran keeps the keys.
(c) He can read the labels.
(d) He asks one of the other servants to help him.

2. What lie does Ana tell Apion when she meets him at her old house in Sepphoris?
(a) She is married to Haran.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is Herod Antipas's wife.

3. What is Ana's first inkling that something might not go well with her pregnancy?
(a) She has a vision.
(b) She feels very thirsty.
(c) She can not feel the baby move.
(d) Her labor starts too early.

4. Who does Ana write to in Part III to try to save this person's life?
(a) Martha.
(b) Matthias.
(c) Tabitha.
(d) Phasaelis.

5. What does Judas tell Ana about his life that surprises her?
(a) He is now a priest.
(b) He has a wife and children.
(c) He is now a soldier.
(d) He lives in Alexandria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus ignore in order to comfort Ana after their baby's death?

2. Who do Ana and Jesus come upon in the road on the way to Bethany?

3. Where does Jesus's family gather for significant news or conference?

4. Where is Lavi, according to Judas, in Part III?

5. What does Ana buy as an offering to bring to a rabbi in Nazreth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of work does Ana undertake for Haran and how does she feel about it?

2. What do Ana and Yaltha do to try to find Yaltha's long-lost daughter?

3. How does Ana feel when Judas brings news of her mother's death, and how does Ana's mother die?

4. What does Yaltha do to finally help Ana write again following the death of her baby?

5. What is Yaltha's true motivation for coming back to Alexandria in Part IV?

6. Who do Jesus and Ana find in the road on the way to Jerusalem in Part III, and what is the state of this person?

7. What is Ana's first impression of Alexandria?

8. Why does Jesus not want to go to the Temple in Jerusalem for Passover?

9. Where do Ana and Yaltha eventually find Yaltha's daughter, and how does she react to them?

10. What are Haran's conditions for letting Yaltha and Ana stay with him?

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