The Bronze Bow Homework Assignment 2 Read Chapters 7-12

Directions: Read chapters 7-12 in The Bronze Bow and answer all of the questions completely and thoroughly. These responses must be typed up and handed in with the rest of the study guides on the first day of class.

Questions:

Answer the following questions using 2-3 complete sentences and restate the question as you begin the answer.

1. In chapter 7, you finally learn what has happened to Daniel’s parents. Briefly summarize the events that led to Daniel’s father being crucified. 2. How did Daniel’s mother die? What happened to Daniel’s sister? 3. Why does Daniel go to find Jesus? What was Simon hoping to do when he first went to be with Jesus? What does he hope for now? 4. Why does Daniel feel uneasy while waiting for the man Rosh had sent him to rob? List several reasons. 5. What message from Simon causes Daniel to leave the mountains? 6. In the mountains when Daniel recalled the village, he remembered poverty, despair, quarreling, and meanness. What incidents show Daniel that there is more to the village than these memories of his? List three or four incidents. 7. What three things is Daniel amazed to discover that Leah knows how to do? 8. Describe the first person Daniel recruits for his band of Zealots. Why is this person eager to join Daniel? 9. While sitting near his dying Grandmother, Daniel fears an intense fear. What is it that Daniel fears? Use specific quotes from the text to support your answers. 10. Daniel suspects that the Roman soldier is beginning to make excuses to stop in at Daniel’s shop. Why do you think the Roman soldier keeps coming around?

Discussion Points:

Write at least 3-4 sentences to answer the following questions, be prepared to discuss the answers in class.

1. Rosh says, “What loss would it have been—one old man more or less?” What did Rosh think was more important than the life of the old miser? Do you think every person is important or are only certain people? Explain. 2. Read Luke 12: 6-7. What did Jesus say in these verses about the value of human life?