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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Boy, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Joshua and Maggie and Biff are walking to a ________, they talk about what the boys will do as men.
(a) Church service
(b) Funeral
(c) Class
(d) Wedding

2. What reduces Mary's credibility when she talks about her son Joshua and how powerful he is?
(a) Her fortune telling
(b) Her crazy eyes
(c) The fact she has other children
(d) Joseph

3. What does Maggie's father do for a living at the beginning of this book and its story?
(a) Stonecutter
(b) Carpenter
(c) Rabbi
(d) Blacksmith

4. What does Jakan's father do for a living, according to his own admission?
(a) Tax collector
(b) Nothing
(c) Pharisee
(d) Weaver

5. Maggie declares she would like to be a ______________, though this is not something women do.
(a) Blacksmith
(b) Fisherman
(c) Preacher
(d) Stonecutter

Short Answer Questions

1. Biff jokes about becoming a professional _______________ and bids Maggie farewell.

2. What does Biff's father do for a living, so it is generally expected he will do the same thing?

3. The angel Raziel shows up to announce the coming of Christ _________ years too late, as Raziel was playing cards.

4. What is the name of the man who delivers the food to the room of Raziel and Biff?

5. Who notes that he lusts after Joshua's mother, which earns him a punch in the nose from his friend?

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