SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS AND …

1 SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS: old testament J. Parnell McCarter 2 "..He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His " Psalm 78:5-7 Dedicated to Reformation Translation Fellowship, which is doing a noble job of bringing Biblical reformed Christianity to the peoples of the Far East.

2 Written, compiled and edited by J. Parnell McCarter 2008 J. Parnell McCarter. All Rights Reserved. 6408 Wrenwood Jenison, MI 49428 (616) 457-8095 The Puritans Home School Curriculum 3 SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor s 4 Section One : Test / assignment 5 Section Two : TESTS and 8 4 SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS Editor s Preface These BIBLE SURVEY TESTS and assignments are meant to encourage daily devotional BIBLE reading and BIBLE comprehension, as well as to provide a more ready means for the father to oversee this endeavor in his children.

3 There are test questions and assignments as well as answer keys covering chapters in the BIBLE . It is intended that children will be required to read certain chapters in the BIBLE each week during the week, and then take a test on what they have read on the Lord's Day, preferably administered by the father. This book provides TESTS and answer keys to verify reading comprehension on the chapters covered. Certain of the books of the BIBLE are tested by fill-in-the-blank TESTS . In these cases it will be especially necessary that the children study the applicable BIBLE chapters using the King James Version, because that is what the answer key is based upon.

4 We advise that the person administering the test inform the student a week in advance that the test will be fill-in-the-blank, so he can study appropriately. For certain books of the BIBLE there is an assignment instead of a test. In these cases children are to prepare the assignment during the week and be graded and reviewed in their work on the Lord s Day. Like most TESTS and assignments, these cover only a sample of the issues addressed in the subject chapters. Therefore, it behooves fathers not only to administer the TESTS and assignments to verify the child's comprehension of what he has read, but also to discuss the content of the chapters read.

5 It is a good idea for the father to have his whole family reading the same chapters in the BIBLE at the same time, in order to facilitate discussion of those chapters. The one administering these TESTS and assignments may decide that the material covered in a particular test or assignment requires more than one week. In that case, the student can be allowed 2 or more weeks before taking the test, or for completing the assignment . To help me frame the questions and answers for this book, I have consulted a variety of sources, including Matthew Henry's Commentaries, Smith's BIBLE Dictionary, John Calvin's Commentaries, the Westminster Standards, select commentaries of Charles Hodge, etc.

6 I have written the BIBLE SURVEY TESTS and assignments persuaded that the historic reformed and Presbyterian faith, as it is so ably outlined in the Westminster Standards, summarizes what scripture itself teaches. Opportunity is taken in the BIBLE SURVEY TESTS and assignments to point that out. Thorough study of the scripture is the best way to dispel the ignorance and error that clings to man. It is my hope that these TESTS and assignments will prove helpful in your household as they have in mine. - J. Parnell McCarter Author and Editor 5 Section One : Test / assignment Record 6 SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS : old testament Test / assignment Record Student Name: _____ Teacher Name: _____ SCRIPTURE SECTION TEST / assignment COMPLETED?

7 (X) SEMESTER / YEAR TAKEN TEST / assignment GRADE AND SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 7 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 8 GRADING INSTRUCTIONS Grading of TESTS and assignments should be done on a 100-point scale, with letter grades assigned as follows: Letter Grade Score on 100-Point Scale A+ 97 - 100 A 94 - 96 A- 90 93 B+ 87 - 89 B 84 - 86 B- 80 - 83 C+ 77 - 79 C 74 - 76 C- 70 - 73 D 60 - 69 F 0 - 59 In order to determine how many points each question in a chapter test is worth, divide 100 by the number of questions in the test.

8 For example, if there are 10 questions in a test, then each question is worth 10 points (= 100 / 10). So if a student got 9 out of the 10 questions right, then his test score is 90 (= 9 x 10). His letter grade, according to the table above, would then be an A-. It will most likely take a number of semesters for a student to complete all of the SABBATH BIBLE SURVEY TESTS and Assignments. How many semesters it will take will vary by class or household. In order to determine the course grade for any particular semester, simply add up all the scores for TESTS and assignments taken in the semester, and divide this sum by the number of TESTS and assignments taken in the semester, to give the average score, from which can be determined the semester grade.

9 Then record the semester grades and average scores on the chart below: Semester / Year Semester Grade and Score 9 10 Section Two : TESTS and Assignments 11 Genesis 1-2 Test 1. Genesis 1:1 reads: "In the beginning God created the _____ and the _____ ." (fill in the blanks) 2. The Hebrew word for "God" in Genesis is the word Elohim, which is the plural of the Hebrew word El. El means "the strong God". The plural name of God Elohim, which speaks of Him in the plural yet as one God, even in this first verse of scripture begins to point man to the Trinity of God- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

10 He is one God, yet in three persons. The plurality of the personhood in the one God is even evidenced in His statement of Genesis 1:26, "Let us make " According to Genesis 1:1, what existed before that which God created? 3. The Westminster Confession points out: "It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create or make of nothing the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good." On the first day of God's creation the world was not as we now see it. What does Genesis 1:2 say was the state or condition of the earth on that first day?