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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Boy, Chapter 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Biff's father talks with the ____________ who has hired him to build the house where the stonecutting takes place.
(a) Greek
(b) Christian
(c) Jew
(d) Roman guard

2. John the Baptist is baptizing one of _______'s younger brothers and is nearly drowning the boy in the process.
(a) Biff
(b) Joshua
(c) Maggie
(d) Peter

3. What are the boys going to do to the statue of Apollo when they are out on their prank?
(a) Circumcise it
(b) Draw on it
(c) Break it
(d) Tip it over

4. Who is overheard to have said that he hates the Romans, which gets him a lesson from a Roman guard?
(a) Joshua
(b) Joseph
(c) Biff
(d) Peter

5. Biff wants Joshua to ___________ when he hears about the forced marriage of Maggie.
(a) Kill him
(b) Marry Maggie
(c) Kill Jakan
(d) Kidnap Maggie

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal follows Joshua everywhere he goes when he is a child?

2. Who is the other character who argues with Joshua about who the real Messiah is?

3. Who is arrested for the knifing of the legionnaire, something which upsets the boys?

4. The two idiot tells Biff to become a ____________ and to stop thinking too much about what's happening.

5. What does Joshua do as everyone is standing around the grave of the deceased Roman?

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