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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the believer that Barabbas meets in the village on the mountain look like?
(a) Like any normal man.
(b) Robust and healthy.
(c) Parched skin and lack-luster eyes.
(d) Unusually cheerful and attractive.

2. What comment does the fat woman make that offends the girl Barabbas meets in Jerusalem?
(a) It doesn't matter who was crucified, as long as Barabbas was saved.
(b) The Jews made the right decision to set Barabbas free.
(c) The Romans made the right decision to set Barabbas free.
(d) Barabbas should have been crucified.

3. What name does the passing group of men call Barabbas?
(a) Reprobate.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Thief.

4. Whom does the red-bearded man and his group believe that the crucified man is?
(a) The Son of Man and the Son of God.
(b) A misunderstood carpenter.
(c) The Great Prophet.
(d) A great healer.

5. What event takes place in the low-vaulted room?
(a) An execution.
(b) A prayer meeting.
(c) A trial.
(d) A large, boisterous party.

6. Where was Barabbas when the man on the cross was arrested?
(a) In the marketplace.
(b) On his way to Golgatha.
(c) In prison, awaiting his own execution.
(d) In front of the governor.

7. What does Barabbas do after he leaves the tomb?
(a) Goes to the temple alone.
(b) Returns to the city with the hare-lipped girl.
(c) Rejoins his band of thieves.
(d) Wanders through the desert.

8. What business keeps Barabbas in Jerusalem?
(a) He works at the temple.
(b) None.
(c) He steals from the Christians.
(d) He joins the potter.

9. What warning does the red-beaded man give the believers?
(a) They might soon be persecuted.
(b) Barabbas is a Roman spy.
(c) The blind man is a Roman spy.
(d) The Romans demand bribes.

10. Which follower of Jesus is Barabbas invited to meet?
(a) Mary, the mother of Jesus.
(b) The apostle Paul.
(c) A man whom Jesus raised from the dead.
(d) Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus.

11. What explanation did the red-bearded man give for Barabbas's interest in the crucified man?
(a) Barabbas is seeking a father figure.
(b) Barabbas needs a spiritual leader.
(c) Barabbas is reacting out of guilt.
(d) The crucified man had called Barabbas to follow him.

12. What did the hare-lipped girl not ask Jesus to do for her?
(a) Heal her deformed lip.
(b) Make Barabbas love her.
(c) Feed her.
(d) Make her wealthy.

13. Why does Barabbas choose to attend the crucifixion?
(a) He feels a strange power prompting him to attend the crucifixion.
(b) He is swept along with the crowd.
(c) He wants to see the man who took his place.
(d) His friends encourage him to go.

14. While in the Fat Woman's house in Jerusalem, where do the men occasionally go?
(a) Upstairs to have a smoke.
(b) Behind the curtain with the women.
(c) Out to get more wine.
(d) Outside to use the restroom.

15. At the end of the evening, who is left with the Fat Woman?
(a) The girl.
(b) Everyone stays the night.
(c) The other women.
(d) Barabbas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barabbas look like?

2. What event causes the soldiers near the cross to jump to their feet and grab their weapons?

3. How did the believers react to the hare-lipped girl after the red-bearded man spoke to them?

4. What does Barabbas ask the woman who talks about the man on the cross?

5. What event does Barabbas accuse the red-bearded man of falsifying?

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