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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. What does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?
(a) To go to the desert monastery.
(b) To leave his mother's house for Jerusalem.
(c) To propose to Mary Magdalene.
(d) To not provide a cross for that day's execution.

2. How does Jesus's mother look at him when he struggles and falls under the weight of the cross he built?
(a) With anger.
(b) With love.
(c) With disappointment.
(d) With pity.

3. Who shelters Mary Magdalene in Capernaum?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Salome.
(c) Judas.
(d) Zebedee.

4. Why does Jesus leave home in Chapter 6?
(a) He thinks it will displease God.
(b) God gently tells him to do so.
(c) He wants to make things easier for his mother and father.
(d) He wants to get away from God's persistent commands.

5. The ants, the lizard and the butterflies convince Jesus of what?
(a) He should propose to Mary Magdalene.
(b) All are God's creatures.
(c) He is the Messiah, and should begin acting that way.
(d) He cannot save everyone, and must choose wisely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?

2. What does Mary want Simeon to explain to her when he visits?

3. What is Jesus's response when Judas reveals his intent to kill him?

4. Who warns Jesus that Judas intends to kill him in Magdala?

5. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unpleasant sensation does Jesus often experience?

2. Why does Judas decide not to kill Jesus at the monastery?

3. How does Jesus's mother feel when she sees Jesus carrying the cross at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Jesus tells Simeon at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What is the subject of Joachim's last speech to the monks?

6. What transpires between Jesus and Ananias?

7. How is Jesus described in Chapter 1?

8. Why is Abbot Joachim dying?

9. What is the Curse?

10. What are Jesus's beliefs regarding the Messiah at the beginning of the novel?

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