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My First Bible Stories: Hard quiz questions

1. Who was Sarah?
A  Jacob's wife
B  Abraham's wife
C  Noah's daughter

2. Why was Abraham puzzled when God told him he would be the father of a great
new nation?
A  Because he was very shy
B  Because he had no children
C  Because he was not married

3. Who was Lot?
A  Abraham's brother
B  Noah's son
C  Abraham's nephew

4. What was Abraham's nephew called?
A  Esau
B  Lot
C  Simeon

5. Why did Abraham travel to Canaan?
A  To visit his nephew, Lot
B  Because God led him there
C  To find food for his family

6. Why was Abraham amazed when God said that Sarah was going to have a baby?
A  Because she already had ten children
B  Because Abraham thought that Sarah was too old to have a baby
C  Because Abraham knew that Sarah didn't like babies

7. What was the name of Abraham's son?
A  Ebeneezer
B  Isaac
C  Esau

8. What did Isaac think Abraham was going to kill at the top of the mountain?
A  The donkey
B  A lamb
C  A ram

9. Why did Abraham decide to kill his son?
A  Because he didn't have anything else to offer God
B  Because God told him to
C  Because he didn't like the boy

10. How did God know how much Abraham loved Him?
A  Because Abraham told Him so
B  Because Abraham was ready to give Him his only son
C  Because Abraham prayed to God all the time

11. What was there before God created the Earth?
A  The Sun and Moon
B  Emptiness, darkness, and deep, deep water
C  Nothing

12. On which day did God create day and night?
A  The second day
B  The first day
C  The sixth day

13. On which day did God create the Sun and the Moon?
A  The third day
B  The first day
C  The fourth day

14. On which day did God create people?
A  The second day
B  The sixth day
C  The seventh day

15. Who was Adam?
A  Eve's son
B  The first man
C  Jacob's brother

16. Who was Eve?
A  God's wife
B  Moses' sister
C  The first woman

17. What was Eden?
A  The mountain where Noah's boat came to rest
B  The country God told Jonah to go to
C  The garden where Adam and Eve lived

18. What did God tell Adam and Eve to do in the garden of Eden?
A  Pick all the fruit they could find
B  Look after every living thing
C  Build an ark for all the animals

19. God gave Adam and Eve one rule. What was it?
A  Not to leave the garden
B  Not to talk to any snakes in the garden
C  Not to eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden

20. What did the snake say when Eve told him about the forbidden fruit?
A  "Only the red fruit is forbidden"
B  "God just wants to keep the best fruit for Himself"
C  "God must have made a mistake"

21. Why did Eve give Adam some of the forbidden fruit?
A  Because Adam was hungry
B  Because the snake told her to
C  Because the fruit tasted so good

22. Why did Adam and Eve feel ashamed after they had eaten the forbidden fruit?
A  Because the snake kept looking at them
B  Because they realized they had no clothes on
C  Because they knew they had done something wrong

23. When did Adam and Eve realize they had no clothes on?
A  When they began to feel cold
B  When they had eaten the forbidden fruit
C  When they left Eden

24. How did God feel when He realized Adam and Eve had disobeyed Him?
A  Happy
B  Angry
C  Sad

25. Why was God sad when He realized Adam and Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit?
A  Because there was no fruit left for Him
B  Because the fruit was poisonous
C  Because they had disobeyed Him

26. What was the angel who was left to guard Eden carrying?
A  Clothes for Adam and Eve
B  A fiery sword
C  Fruit from the forbidden tree

27. Who was Darius?
A  The angel in the garden of Eden
B  The King who made Daniel the Prime Minister
C  One of Jacob's sons

28. Why were the politicians jealous of Daniel?
A  Because Daniel was very rich
B  Because Daniel was the Prime Minister
C  Because King Darius gave Daniel a rainbow coat

29. How did Daniel break the law?
A  He stole one of the King's silver cups
B  He killed one of the King's lions
C  He prayed to God instead of to the King

30. What happened to Daniel when he broke the law?
A  He was made Prime Minister
B  He was thrown to the lions
C  He was killed by the King's soldiers

31. Why was King Darius sorry when Daniel was thrown to the lions?
A  Because he had to find another Prime Minister
B  Because he liked Daniel
C  Because he thought Daniel would kill the lions

32. Why didn't the lions kill Daniel?
A  Because Daniel put all the lions to sleep
B  Because Daniel killed all the lions
C  Because an angel stood between Daniel and the lions

33. Who saved Daniel from the lions?
A  Reuben
B  An angel
C  King Darius

34. Where did God tell Jonah to go?
A  Canaan
B  Nineveh
C  Egypt

35. Why did God tell Jonah to go to Nineveh?
A  Because He wanted to make him father of a new nation
B  Because the people there were wicked and violent
C  Because it was a very holy place

36. Where was the ship going that Jonah was traveling on?
A  Vladivostock
B  Nineveh
C  Tarshish

37. Why did Jonah think the storm at sea was his fault?
A  Because he always brought bad luck
B  Because he tried to disobey God
C  Because he was wicked and violent

38. Why did Jonah make the sailors throw him over the side of the ship?
A  Because he was unhappy
B  To stop the storm
C  So he could look at the fish

39. Where did Jonah end up after the sailors threw him off the ship?
A  Mount Ararat
B  In the belly of a big fish
C  On the seashore

40. What did Jonah do when he found himself inside the fish?
A  He fell asleep and had a dream
B  He thanked God for saving him from the sea
C  He begged God to save him from dying

41. How long was Jonah inside the fish's belly?
A  Seven days
B  Three days and three nights
C  Forty days and forty nights

42. How did Jonah travel to Nineveh?
A  On a donkey
B  On a camel
C  On foot

43. What happened after Jonah spoke to the people of Nineveh?
A  Jonah was made Prime Minister
B  The people went back to being wicked and violent
C  The people promised to lead better lives in the future

44. What country did Joseph's father, Jacob, live in?
A  Egypt
B  Canaan
C  Babylon

45. How many brothers did Joseph have?
A  Twenty five
B  Eleven
C  Twelve

46. Jacob had two favorite children. Who were they?
A  Benjamin and Reuben
B  Joseph and Gad
C  Joseph and Benjamin

47. How did Joseph's dream make his brothers feel?
A  Worried
B  Angry
C  Pleased

48. Why did Joseph's brothers hate him?
A  Because Joseph was unkind to them
B  Because Joseph was their father's favorite
C  Because Joseph never spoke to them

49. Which of Joseph's brothers wanted to save him from the well?
A  Benjamin
B  Zebulun
C  Reuben

50. How did Joseph's brothers get rid of him?
A  They tied him in a sack
B  They sold him to some merchants
C  They killed him and threw him in a well

51. What happened to the rainbow coat after Joseph's brothers had sold him?
A  It was made into a blanket
B  The brothers smeared it with blood and showed it to Jacob
C  One of the brothers kept it for himself

52. What did Jacob think had happened to Joseph?
A  He had gone traveling and would be back soon
B  He had run away
C  He had been killed by a wild beast

53. How many cows were there in Pharaoh's dream?
A  Five hundred
B  Seven
C  Fourteen

54. What did the thin cows do to the fat cows in Pharaoh's dream?
A  They sat on them
B  They gobbled them up
C  They pushed them into the river

55. What did Pharaoh's dream mean?
A  That Pharaoh's cows were going to get a strange illness
B  There would be seven years of good harvests, then seven years of famine
C  There would be seven years of famine, then seven years of good harvests

56. Why did Joseph decide to give his brothers a test?
A  To show them how powerful he was
B  To see if they had changed
C  To punish them for treating him badly

57. How did Joseph threaten to punish Benjamin?
A  By feeding him to the lions
B  By sending him to prison
C  By making him his slave

58. What did the brothers say when Joseph told them that Benjamin must be his slave?
A  "That's fine, as long as it's not one of us"
B  "Take one of us instead"
C  "I wish we had never come here!"

59. Where did Joseph's guards find the missing silver cup?
A  In Reuben's sack
B  In Benjamin's sack
C  In a well

60. What country was Moses born in?
A  Babylon
B  Canaan
C  Egypt

61. Why did Moses' mother have to keep her baby a secret?
A  Because her husband didn't want another baby
B  Because the Pharaoh ordered that all Israelite boy babies must be killed
C  Because the Pharaoh said that Israelite women were not allowed to have babies

62. What was Moses' basket made of?
A  Willow
B  Reeds
C  Straw

63. How old was Moses when they hid him in the bulrushes?
A  Three months old
B  Three days old
C  Two years old

64. What was Moses' big sister called?
A  Miriam
B  Mary
C  Sarah

65. What was Pharaoh's daughter doing when she found the baby Moses?
A  Learning to swim
B  Fishing in the river
C  Bathing in the river

66. Who hid in the reeds and watched Moses to make sure he was safe?
A  Moses' mother
B  Moses' sister, Miriam
C  Pharaoh's daughter

67. Who looked after Moses after he had been found in the bulrushes?
A  Pharaoh's daughter
B  Moses' mother
C  A palace nurse

68. What does the name Moses mean?
A  "Messenger of God"
B  "Taken from the water"
C  "Found in a basket"

69. How many sons did Noah have?
A  None
B  Two
C  Three

70. Why did God decide to wash away everyone on Earth except for Noah and his
family?
A  Because He didn't like them
B  Because everyone else was wicked
C  Because there wasn't enough room for them all on Earth

71. Why did Noah's neighbors laugh at the ark?
A  Because it was so small
B  Because it wasn't very well made
C  Because there was no sea nearby

72. How did the animals enter Noah's ark?
A  All at once
B  Two by two
C  One by one

73. How did Noah know that the rain was about to begin?
A  God told him
B  The sky grew dark
C  A rainbow appeared

74. How long did Noah's ark drift after the rain had stopped?
A  Seven days
B  For forty days and forty nights
C  For months

75. Why didn't Noah let the animals leave the ark immediately after the rain had
stopped?
A  Because there was no food for them outside
B  Because he thought he would miss them
C  Because he wanted to make sure it was safe

76. What happened on the mountain tops of Ararat?
A  God appeared to Noah
B  Noah's ark settled there after the flood
C  Abraham took Isaac there to sacrifice him

77. Noah sent a dove out of the ark three times. When did it bring back an olive leaf?
A  The third time
B  The second time
C  The first time

78. How did Noah know when it was safe to let the animals out of the ark?
A  Because he could see the ground
B  Because the dove had found somewhere green and fresh to live
C  Because he saw a rainbow

79. Why did God send a rainbow after the flood?
A  So that Noah knew what color to paint the animals
B  To show people that He would never again destroy life on Earth
C  To show the animals how to get home

Answers

1    B Abraham's wife
2    B Because he had no children
3    C Abraham's nephew
4    B Lot
5    B Because God led him there
6    B Because Abraham thought that Sarah was too old to have a baby
7    B Isaac
8    B A lamb
9    B Because God told him to
10  B Because Abraham was ready to give Him his only son
11  B Emptiness, darkness, and deep, deep water
12  B The first day
13  C The fourth day
14  B The sixth day
15  B The first man
16  C The first woman
17  C The garden where Adam and Eve lived
18  B Look after every living thing
19  C Not to eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden
20  B "God just wants to keep the best fruit for Himself"
21  C Because the fruit tasted so good
22  B Because they realized they had no clothes on
23  B When they had eaten the forbidden fruit
24  C Sad
25  C Because they had disobeyed Him
26  B A fiery sword
27  B The King who made Daniel the Prime Minister
28  B Because Daniel was the Prime Minister
29  C He prayed to God instead of to the King
30  B He was thrown to the lions
31  B Because he liked Daniel
32  C Because an angel stood between Daniel and the lions
33  B An angel
34  B Nineveh
35  B Because the people there were wicked and violent
36  C Tarshish
37  B Because he tried to disobey God
38  B To stop the storm
39  B In the belly of a big fish
40  B He thanked God for saving him from the sea
41  B Three days and three nights
42  C On foot
43  C The people promised to lead better lives in the future
44  B Canaan
45  B Eleven
46  C Joseph and Benjamin
47  B Angry
48  B Because Joseph was their father's favorite
49  C Reuben
50  B They sold him to some merchants
51  B The brothers smeared it with blood and showed it to Jacob
52  C He had been killed by a wild beast
53  C Fourteen
54  B They gobbled them up
55  B There would be seven years of good harvests, then seven years of famine
56  B To see if they had changed
57  C By making him his slave
58  B "Take one of us instead"
59  B In Benjamin's sack
60  C Egypt
61  B Because the Pharaoh ordered that all Israelite boy babies must be killed
62  B Reeds
63  A Three months old
64  A Miriam
65  C Bathing in the river
66  B Moses' sister, Miriam
67  B Moses' mother
68  B "Taken from the water"
69  C Three
70  B Because everyone else was wicked
71  C Because there was no sea nearby
72  B Two by two
73  B The sky grew dark
74  C For months
75  C Because he wanted to make sure it was safe
76  B Noah's ark settled there after the flood
77  B The second time
78  B Because the dove had found somewhere green and fresh to live
79  B To show people that He would never again destroy life on Earth