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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. Where did John baptize people?

2. What kind of place was Jesus born in?

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

4. Who did Dickens first want to meet when he went to Heaven?

5. What was Herod's title?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Dickens write this book?

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

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

7. Who was the first person Jesus brought back to life?

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

9. Where was Jesus born, and why?

10. How did God show his approval of Jesus's baptism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of Jesus's miracles, and what were his reasons for performing these miracles?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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