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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the red-bearded man do when he discovers that Barabbas has been eavesdropping?
(a) He glares at Barabbas.
(b) He yells at Barabbas.
(c) He stays.
(d) He ignores Barabbas and continues to talk to his friend.

2. What does the hare-lipped girl believe will happen once the third day after the crucifixion has passed?
(a) The world will be destroyed.
(b) The Roman Empire will fall.
(c) The sick will be healed and the hungry will be fed.
(d) The emperor will die.

3. As Barabbas walks around town the day after the crucifixion, what does he notice?
(a) Some people are staring at him.
(b) The hare-lipped girl.
(c) The market is unusually quiet.
(d) The sun is dimmer.

4. Why does Barabbas feel he has a stronger bond with Jesus than the Christians?
(a) Because Jesus literally died in his place on the cross.
(b) Because Barabbas sees Jesus for who he really is.
(c) Because Jesus was a loner, like himself.
(d) Because they share the same birthday.

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

6. Barabbas overhears two men talking the day after the crucifixion; What does Barabbas think they are talking about?
(a) The crucified man.
(b) The dim sunlight.
(c) The quiet marketplace.
(d) The hare-lipped girl.

7. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior after he returns from the village on the mountain?
(a) He trying to become a better man.
(b) He is lying.
(c) He has become insane like the man on the mountain.
(d) He has been posessed by the crucified man's spirit.

8. What does Barabbas note about the thief who was executed next to the man on the cross?
(a) He was unlucky.
(b) He had been a good thief.
(c) He was a lazy thief.
(d) That he deserved to die.

9. What does the hare-lipped girl do after the red-beaded man speaks to the Christians?
(a) She speaks to Barabbas.
(b) She leaves the building in tears.
(c) She clears the dishes.
(d) She speaks to the believers.

10. Why does the red-beaded man feel guilty?
(a) He betrayed his Master by denying him.
(b) He betrayed his Master to the Roman soldiers.
(c) He lied to Barabbas.
(d) He stole money from the disciples.

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

12. What does Barabbas ask the girl he meets in Jerusalem?
(a) If she saw the darkness.
(b) Where the child is.
(c) Where she has been.
(d) If she has received news from Gilgal.

13. How do the Christians react to Barabbas' presence?
(a) They are uncomfortable around him.
(b) They cheerfully weclome him into their homes.
(c) They angrily cast him out of the assembly.
(d) They appear indifferent to his presence.

14. Why doesn't Barabbas believe Jesus is the Son of God?
(a) He feels the son of God would not have allowed himself to die.
(b) He saw Jesus, and he looked like a man, not a god.
(c) He does not believe in miracles.
(d) He feels that God would not bother with unclean humanity.

15. Towards the end of his conversation with Barabbas, what does the passing group of men tell the red-beaded man?
(a) The Master had risen from the dead.
(b) Barabbas was the one that was supposed to die on Golgotha.
(c) The Roman soldiers were on their way.
(d) The Pharisees were coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation does Barabbas make about the conviction of man on the cross?

2. What does the woman at the Fat Woman's house say about the man on the cross?

3. How does the fat woman feel about Barabbas?

4. What does Barabbas give the girl he meets in Jerusalem?

5. What event does Barabbas deny seeing that the red-bearded man describes seeing on Golgotha.

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