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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph asks Biff to help teach Joshua how to be ________ so that he can live a more normal life.

2. Who has to wait outside the fortress to be paid for the supplies he has brought?

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

4. Who notes that he lusts after Joshua's mother, which earns him a punch in the nose from his friend?

5. What does the person who wants the statue moved threaten the boys with when they are unable to move it yet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is being accused of knifing the Roman legionnaire, even though he was not the guilty person?

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

3. What happens when Joshua's attempts to save a thief from death fail after the thief is resurrected once?

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

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

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

7. What does Raziel ponder when he finally obtains a copy of the Soap Opera Digest in the hotel room?

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

9. What is the prank Biff invites Maggie to come along to witness with he and Joshua?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Telling the whole story of Joshua, aka Jesus, is important enough to Raziel that he raises Biff from the dead to write his own gospel.

Part 1: Why do you think Raziel is so invested in getting this story told by Biff?

Part 2: What might happen if Biff were never to write the gospel as Raziel wants him to?

Part 3: How does Raziel know that Biff is telling the truth as he is writing out the gospel?

Essay Topic 2

While at first glance, it can seem like LAMB is a book that's purely meant to be funny, it seems to have a deeper level of meaning than just entertainment.

Part 1: What did you think about the book? Did you enjoy it or not? Support your answer with solid reasoning.

Part 2: Why do you think some people may not like this book? What might be the trouble with a satirical look at the Bible?

Part 3: Do you think the fact that LAMB might cause discussions (both positive and negative) is the point of the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Biff is very curious as to how the events in the Bible are portrayed, finally securing a copy of the Bible to see how others have written about his lifetime.

Part 1: Why do you think Biff is so interested in learning more about the way the stories have been told?

Part 2: Why do you think Raziel doesn't want Biff to read any of the Bible's version of events?

Part 3: Do you think Biff needed to see what was already written down about his times? Or would it have been better for him to not have looked at the Bible? Why?

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