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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 did Dickens say he wrote this book?
(a) To preach the truth.
(b) To quell rumors about him.
(c) To leave a message to his children.
(d) To come to peace with himself.

2. Who told the shepherds that Jesus was born?
(a) Joesph.
(b) A messenger.
(c) An angel.
(d) God.

3. How did the wise men know where to find Jesus?
(a) An angel guided them.
(b) Herod gave them a map.
(c) They saw a star.
(d) They had read the prophecies.

4. How did the shepherds feel when they were told about Jesus's birth?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Curious.
(d) Joyful.

5. Why did Herod have children killed?
(a) He was trying to have Jesus killed.
(b) He was sending a message of power.
(c) He did not want to lose his throne.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Jesus to perform his first miracle?

2. How did Dickens describe Jesus in the introduction?

3. What did Mary do when Joseph said they had to move?

4. What was Jesus teaching when he was found in the temple?

5. What did Jesus create with his first miracle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dickens say that Jesus was our Savior?

2. How does Dickens say he knew about the goodness of Heaven?

3. Why did Jesus choose some poor men to be his Apostles?

4. Why did Mary not notice that Jesus had been left at the temple when she was heading home from there?

5. Why did Dickens write this book?

6. What caused Jesus to do his first miracle?

7. What did the angel say to the shepherds when Jesus was born?

8. How did Jesus heal a servant of a Centurion?

9. How did the wise men know about the birth of Jesus?

10. How did Joseph know when to leave and return to Nazareth?

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