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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of journey does Gaspar take Biff, Joshua, and others when they go up the mountain?
(a) Harvest
(b) Kung fu
(c) Meditation
(d) Moon

3. Joshua selects from his disciples those who are to become ___________, or carriers of his messages.
(a) Monks
(b) Apostles
(c) Zealots
(d) Popes

4. When Biff goes into the town to find a job, but finds that a jealous __________ controls who can beg.
(a) Leader
(b) Prophet
(c) Guild
(d) Buddhist

5. When Biff reads the Bible in the beginning of chapter 11, he does not recognize this writer as the boy he knew growing up.
(a) Thomas
(b) Joseph
(c) Mark
(d) Matthew

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

7. What does the tutor teach to Biff as he is paralyzed, until she is certain he understands the subject?
(a) Meditation
(b) Japanese writing
(c) Painting
(d) Chinese characters

8. Biff's tutor tells him, "Today's lesson is, if someone puts poison in your _______, don't drink it."
(a) Water
(b) Heart
(c) Tea
(d) Mind

9. _______________ presents a dinner invitation letter that guarantes safe passage to the merchant's house.
(a) Peter
(b) Matthew
(c) Jakan
(d) Biff

10. Gaspar receives the boys at the monastery and gives them __________ for names, orders a monk to feed them, and tells them their lessons will begin in the morning.
(a) Numbers
(b) Colors
(c) Characters
(d) Sounds

11. 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 pathway into the city
(b) The line for food
(c) The line for the gate
(d) The journey

12. What is Joshua given to help him with his injury after hitting his head?
(a) A piece of linen
(b) Bread
(c) Myrrh
(d) Wine

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

14. The man that helps Joshua and Biff is from the ___________ caste, which makes him an outcast.
(a) Outcast
(b) Black
(c) Untouchable
(d) Leperous

15. According to Jewish law, only __________ can forgive sins, which causes Joshua's actions to be seen as dangerous.
(a) God
(b) A rabbi
(c) The Holy Ghost
(d) Joshua

Short Answer Questions

1. Raziel has shifted from soap operas to _________ as his television addiction while hanging out in the hotel room.

2. What does Joshua get hit with repeatedly during his first lesson with Gaspar?

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

4. Joshua heals the servant of Justus because he allows _____________ into his kingdom, even though Biff does not agree.

5. The boys find out that Balthesar has eight _________, a fact which amazes Biff.

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