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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John eat?

2. Where did Dickens say Jesus was while he was writing this book?

3. How was John related to Mary?

4. What did Dickens say he would have to do to meet Christ?

5. What was the name of John's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Jesus's first miracle?

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

5. What was Jesus doing when Mary found him after he had been left behind at the temple?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were Dickens's reasons for writing this book, and how did this purpose affect the tone of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

How did Peter deny Jesus, and why did he do this?

Essay Topic 3

Why did King Herod instate the horrible infanticide, and what people in this book were most affected by this?

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