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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. How old are the boys when they are ready to start their own apprenticeships?
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 10

2. Who knocks down the man who tried to threaten the boys with punishment?
(a) Joshua
(b) Peter
(c) Joseph
(d) Justus

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

4. Balthesar appears as a huge __________, which turns out to be a costume and a joke he plays on the boys.
(a) Demon
(b) Roman
(c) Lamb
(d) Chicken

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is not to take a wife, so any romantic feelings toward women should be forgotten.

2. What are the boys going to do to the statue of Apollo when they are out on their prank?

3. ___________ develops a sense of satire around the stories of the Bible, while ___________ wants to play true to the stories.

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

5. What does Mary do to Joshua to further hide his identity when his faces shows up on a bread during Passover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joshua's response when Maggie talks about wanting to be a fisherman as they are discussing apprenticeships?

2. What is ironic about the man who delivers pizza to Raziel and Biff when they are staying in a hotel room?

3. What does Ancient Biff try to persuade Joshua to do as they are beginning their apprenticeships?

4. What do the Pharisees want in return for the release of Joseph and the other accused people in the death of the Roman?

5. What does Joshua do for the killed Roman legionnaire in the presence of the crowds in Sepphoris?

6. What does Biff claim to have invented, which was then named by Bart, though Joshua does not understand this?

7. What does Joshua purchase when he is on the Silk Road and then becomes addicted to it?

8. What is Joshua's reaction to the statue of Venus they find at the gate of Sepphoris?

9. What is the task that is assigned to Raziel by Heaven at the start of this book?

10. What did Biff and Joshua like to do though other children in the town liked to play the usual games?

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