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Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Historical Fiction Questions

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Grade 8 Fallen Angels
Why did Perry wish he had a girlfriend?
  1. He would write to her
  2. He could receive gifts from her
  3. He would have someone to talk about
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Who turns the Hur family over to the Romans?
  1. Ben-Hur
  2. Messala
  3. Amrah
  4. Simonides
Grade 8 Ben Hur
After he has completed his training as a soldier in Rome, Ben-Hur...
  1. sets out to travel the world.
  2. sets out to avenge Arrius.
  3. becomes a merchant.
  4. becomes a military commander.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Simonides demands...
  1. proof of Ben-Hur's identity.
  2. money and gifts from Ben-Hur.
  3. that Ben-Hur marry his daughter.
  4. that Ben-Hur avenge him.
Grade 8 Fallen Angels
Who or what is "Willy Peter"?
  1. The new guy in the hooch
  2. potassium
  3. white phosphorus
  4. Doyle's nickname
Grade 8 Fallen Angels
They were warned to stay away from
  1. The Vietcong
  2. RPG's
  3. Women
  4. Chu Lai
Grade 8 Ben Hur
How does Ben-Hur choose to respond to the change in Messala?
  1. He determines to try to change his friend.
  2. He decides to accept his friend unconditionally.
  3. He decides to try to be like his friend.
  4. He determines to have nothing more to do with his friend.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Amrah brings her mistress and Tirzah all the following news except news of...
  1. a political riot in Jerusalem.
  2. Ben-Hur's band of Galilean soldiers.
  3. the Nazarene's power to cure.
  4. the Nazarene's passing by the lepers' tombs.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
The messenger of the Messiah tells the Widow Hur to...
  1. return to the lepers' tombs.
  2. cry "Unclean! Unclean!
  3. travel to Bethphage.
  4. call to the Nazarene.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Rabbi Joseph approaches the decurion and his horsemen to...
  1. find out information about the prisoner.
  2. try to free the prisoner.
  3. try to distract the guards so that the prisoner can escape.
  4. give water to the decurion and his men.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
The narrator says, "There came to [Ben-Hur's] memory a time long ago when he had despaired by the well of Nazareth." To what does this refer?
  1. Ben-Hur's reunion with Messala.
  2. Jesus' giving a drink of water to Ben-Hur
  3. the day Ben-Hur first heard that his mother was missing
  4. Ben-Hur's first meeting with Simonides
Grade 8 Ben Hur
The story's opening action is set in...
  1. the palace at Rome.
  2. the palace gardens on Mount Zion.
  3. Messala's home.
  4. the summerhouse on the roof.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Ben-Hur requires Simonides to return the 120 talents that had originally belonged to Ben-Hur's father and to...
  1. aid in the search for Tirzah and the Widow of Hur.
  2. return to his former role as family servant.
  3. return all the property belonging to the family.
  4. leave the city and quit his role as merchant-trader.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Gesius reveals that Gratus's maps...
  1. are wholly true.
  2. show clearly the presence of a hidden sixth cell.
  3. show only the upper floors.
  4. are too old and yellowed to read.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
As his first administrative command, Pontius Pilate orders....
  1. the assassination of Gratus.
  2. the emptying of all the prisons in Judea.
  3. an inspection of all the prisons in Judea.
  4. Gesius's imprisonment.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Why does Ben-Hur refuse to push Arrius from the plank?
  1. He realizes that the approaching ship is Roman.
  2. He refuses to break God's law.
  3. He wants Arrius to adopt him.
  4. He is too weak to obey Arrius.
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