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

2. __________ starts shouting that Joshua consorts with demons when he is knocked over by Joshua's animal.
(a) Joseph
(b) Jakan
(c) Moses
(d) Biff

3. What is the name Biff gives to the rebellious Jews who try to cause trouble for the Romans?
(a) Zealots
(b) Fools
(c) Martyrs
(d) Christians

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

5. ___________ tells the children about the fact that Rome only has two rules everyone must follow.
(a) Gaius
(b) Peter
(c) Jakan
(d) Judas

Short Answer Questions

1. Joshua calls the statue at the gate of Sepphoris ___________ and wonders why the Jews have not torn it down.

2. Raziel wonders about the ___________ who foretell the future events in his beloved soap operas.

3. Biff's father talks with the ____________ who has hired him to build the house where the stonecutting takes place.

4. How old are the boys when they are ready to start their own apprenticeships?

5. Following tradition, many Jews congregate at _______ for Passover, including the boys, their families, and Maggie.

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 does Biff want Joshua to do once he hears about what will happen to Maggie?

3. What do Biff and Joshua do in order to shorten their trip to Antioch?

4. What does Biff do in order to try to see Maggie, though this is not a successful idea?

5. What addiction does Raziel seem to have that Biff wants to use against him in order to read the Bible?

6. What did Joshua know how to do as a young child growing up in Nazareth?

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

8. What is the honest mistake that Biff makes when he is tipping the room service?

9. What reduces Mary's credibility in her talking about the virgin birth of Joshua, according to Biff's storytelling?

10. What does Bart, the town idiot, advise that Biff do when he sees Biff crying by the well?

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