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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. Why were the Jewish people given the opportunity to pardon one prisoner's death sentence?
(a) The priests paid the Romans for one prisioner each year.
(b) The Romans always pardoned one prisioner each month.
(c) It is a tradition during the Passover holiday.
(d) They were being rewarded by the Roman government.

2. Where is Barabbas hidden just before sunrise on the third day after the crucifixion?
(a) In a nearby cave.
(b) Near the temple.
(c) Behind the low-vaulted room.
(d) Near the tomb.

3. When does the red-bearded man believe that the Master will return?
(a) The next day.
(b) Never.
(c) On the third day.
(d) At the end of time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the Fat Woman's house in Jerusalem, where do the men occasionally go?

2. During his first night after arriving in Jerusalem, what does Barabbas think about as he lies on his sleeping mat?

3. What does the believer that Barabbas meets in the village on the mountain look like?

4. After Barabbas returns to the believers after his visit to the village on the mountain, what does he tell the believers?

5. Where does Barabbas spend his first night after arriving in Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the Christians' meeting in the low-vaulted room?

2. What does Barabbas think about as he lies awake next to the fat woman on his first night of freedom?

3. Describe the man that Barabbas meets who was resurrected from the dead.

4. To what does the fat woman attribute Barabbas's odd behavior?

5. What does the red-bearded man claim is the point of the crucifixion?

6. What does Barabbas tell the Christian when questioned about his visit to the resurrected man?

7. To what do the characters at the fat woman's house attribute the halo Barabbas describes seeing?

8. What does the red-bearded man attribute to Barabbas's sudden interest in Jesus?

9. What statement does the fat woman make that offends the hare-lipped girl?

10. What does Barabbas notice about the people in Jerusalem the day after the crucifixion?

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