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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. Whose portrait does Ana have painted in Alexandria?
(a) Jesus's.
(b) Lavi's.
(c) Yaltha's.
(d) Hers.

2. What does Jesus bring for Ana after she runs out of writing materials?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Fine paper.
(c) Sand.
(d) Stone potsherds.

3. How do Yaltha and Ana rummage through Haran's documents unnoticed?
(a) They draw the blinds and play loud music.
(b) They have Lavi stand watch for them.
(c) They only do it late at night when everyone is sleeping.
(d) They drug the scribe working there and do it while Haran is out.

4. Where do Ana and Yaltha go to seek refuge in Part IV?
(a) Galilee.
(b) The Therapeutae.
(c) The Library of Alexandria.
(d) The Temple of Isis.

5. How does Ana know Jesus has come home when she returns from Sepphoris before she even sees him?
(a) She hears Jesus playing the trumpet.
(b) She hears Jesus praying.
(c) She has had a vision of Jesus returning.
(d) She smells the fatted lamb cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ana task with doling out the money she wants to use to patronize Jesus's preaching?

2. What story does Diodora concoct to try to trick Haran?

3. What does Haran stipulate Ana and Yaltha must do if they will stay with him?

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

5. Who is Phasaelis's attendant that feeds information from the palace to Judas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Ana by tipping her off about Haran's movements in Part IV, and why does this person do this?

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

3. What does Jesus say to his brother James when James asks him if he cares more for the poor than for his own brother?

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

5. What plan do Yaltha, Jesus, and Ana hatch to ensure Ana's safety in Part IV?

6. What news does Judas bring to Jesus and Ana just as they prepare to begin traveling for Jesus's preaching in Part IV?

7. Why does Ana let the lambs out of their gate at the Temple in Jerusalem?

8. What does Yaltha tell Ana when her baby is stillborn?

9. Why does Judas say Herod Antipas is looking to dispose of his wife Phasaelis?

10. 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?

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