6th Grade Bible Test 5

Question 1

proud prince

Answer 1

Haman

Question 2

prayed and fasted three days before going to the King

Answer 2

Esther

Question 3

queen’s faithful servant

Answer 3

Hatach

Question 4

king who chose a new queen

Answer 4

Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

Question 5

sat in the king’s gate

Answer 5

Mordecai

Question 6

king who let the Jews leave Persia

Answer 6

Cyrus

Question 7

priest who taught the Scriptures

Answer 7

Ezra

Question 8

wall builder; cupbearer

Answer 8

Nehemiah

Question 9

led the Jews in building the Temple

Answer 9

Joshua and Zerubbabel

Question 10

tried to keep the wall from being built

Answer 10

Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem

Question 11

The Jews were to be killed on the ___ day of the ___ month.

Answer 11

13th

12th

Question 12

The Jews were in captivity for ___ years.

Answer 12

70

Question 13

Esther and her maidens fasted for __ days before Esther petitioned the king.

Answer 13

3

Question 14

It took ___ days to build the wall.

Answer 14

52

Question 15

The enemies of the Jews hired this false prophet to try to trick Nehemiah into going into the Temple sanctuary.

Answer 15

Shemaiah

Question 16

When the wall was dedicated, who read the book of the law?

Answer 16

Ezra

Question 17

How did Mordecai change Haman’s law?

Answer 17

by making a new law
with the king’s permission
by sealing the law with the king’s ring

Question 18

Why did the Jews live in “booths”?

Answer 18

to remember their wanderings

Question 19

Just before Haman came to see him, what had the king done to help him sleep?

Answer 19

had his journal read to him

Question 20

Was Nehemiah a good ruler?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Why did some of the Jews stay in Persia rather than go back to Jerusalem?

Answer 21

They would rather stay where they were comfortable.

Question 22

As soon as the Jews returned to Israel, they offered ___ to God.

Answer 22

sacrifices

Question 23

In order to stop the Temple’s construction, the Samaritans sent a ___ to the king.

Answer 23

letter

Question 24

Haggai and ___ , two prophets, were used to help the people restart their work on the Temple.

Answer 24

Zechariah

Question 25

Before he left, Ezra had a prayer meeting near a river to ask God for His

Answer 25

protection.

Question 26

How did Cyrus fulfill God’s prophecy about the Jews?

Answer 26

The prophet Isaiah foretold that King Cyrus would allow the Jews to go back to Israel and rebuild the Temple. When Cyrus became king, God caused him to do just that.