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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon invitation, Joshua and some followers visit __________ at his house in Bethany.
(a) Herod
(b) Judas
(c) Jakan
(d) Pilate

2. What is John doing to Joshua when the sky opens up and declares that Joshua is God's son?
(a) Feeding him
(b) Arguing with him
(c) Baptizing him
(d) Hitting him

3. What does Biff throw during the bloody ceremony in order to distract those who are involved?
(a) Arrows
(b) Flowers
(c) Bombs
(d) Candy

4. A very thin Indian man tries to explain to Joshua and Biff that __________ wants their heads to decorate her altar.
(a) Yashi
(b) Theralia
(c) Kali
(d) Thundra

5. _________ wants to save the daughter of the man they are with, as well as to save other children who are up for death.
(a) Biff
(b) Raziel
(c) Joseph
(d) Joshua

6. Men with spears chase Biff, Joshua, and __________ through the elephant grass until they come upon a tiger and its kill.
(a) Buddha
(b) Ganesha
(c) Rumi
(d) Siddhartha

7. Everything looks __________ to the cured blind beggars, which disappoints them after they are healed by Joshua.
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Bright
(d) Black

8. ___________ tells Joy about the wonderful things he has learned from the Magi.
(a) Biff
(b) Moses
(c) Joshua
(d) Joseph

9. Whose Buddhist monastery are Biff and Joshua trying to reach in this section of the book?
(a) Joseph's
(b) Gaspar's
(c) Balthesar's
(d) Melchior's

10. Who is the first disciple of Joshua and is picked up on the way out of town the day after the men return?
(a) John
(b) Philip
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Peter

11. What does Biff notice missing from the construction of Balthesar's home, which confuses Biff?
(a) Nails
(b) Glue
(c) Wood
(d) Chisel marks

12. Joshua and his disciples hear about the __________ of John the Baptist.
(a) Suicide
(b) Crucifixion
(c) Hanging
(d) Beheading

13. Maggie asks Joshua to do something about the lack of __________ at the wedding party, which helps the party become livelier.
(a) Water
(b) Wine
(c) Bread
(d) Food

14. What is so long that Joshua and Biff try to walk all the way around the Great Wall of China, only to give up?
(a) The line for food
(b) The journey
(c) The line for the gate
(d) The pathway into the city

15. Joshua discovers ________ by knocking his head against the hanging sign.
(a) A school
(b) A bar
(c) An inn
(d) A temple

Short Answer Questions

1. From Balthesar's tutors, Biff and Joshua will learn all they can from the __________ masters.

2. Who is the rather naive person that Philip calls over to be a part of Joshua's followers?

3. Joshua and Biff take Maggie to the house of her sister _____________ in order to be safe.

4. _____________ helps to recruit two other fishermen in order to follow Joshua as he begins to preach along the countryside.

5. What does the final Magus use in order to show he is capable of turning one thing into something larger?

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