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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. Who was Dickens writing this book for?
(a) His children.
(b) His parents.
(c) His followers.
(d) His wife.

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

3. Who did Jesus say gave him the power to heal others?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Holy Ghost.
(d) God.

4. How did Dickens feel about writing this book?
(a) Worried.
(b) Pressured.
(c) Eager.
(d) Hesitant.

5. How did Dickens describe Jesus in the introduction?
(a) Kind.
(b) All of these.
(c) The best.
(d) Gentle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Herod to have children killed?

2. What did Jesus go without while in the wilderness after his baptism?

3. Why did Joseph and Mary not stay at inns while they traveled when Mary was pregnant?

4. Why was John not raised in a normal house?

5. What did John eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dickens compare Jerusalem to, and why?

2. How did John react when Jesus asked him to baptize him?

3. What caused Jesus to do his first miracle?

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

5. What was Jesus's first miracle?

6. Where was Jesus born, and why?

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

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

9. Why did Herod order all the small children be killed?

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

(see the answer keys)

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