Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY BOOK OF RUTH
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CHAPTER 1
1. Elimelech left his home in Bethlehem to travel with his family to Moab. What caused them to leave? a) a war b) a famine c)a family quarrel
2. Naomi asked the people of her land to call her: a) Mira b) Mora c)Mara
CHAPTER 2
1. Ruth asked Naomi if she could go and glean for grain in the fields. Whose field did she work in that day? a) Moab b) Reuben c)Boaz
2. Boaz ordered his workers to drop grain on purpose for Ruth to find. What other kindness did she receive? a) she ate with the other workers b) she stayed at the home of Boaz
c) she gleaned only a few hours daily
CHAPTER 3
1. What did Naomi asked Ruth to do at the threshing floor?
2. What did Boaz give Ruth to take home to her mother-in-law?
CHAPTER 4
1. How many elders were present when Boaz talked to Naomi's close relative?
2. Obed was born to Ruth and Boaz. Who was Obed's grandson?
a) David b) Saul c) Solomon
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HOLY BOOK OF RUTH
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Bethlehem Judah
Barley Mara
Boaz Moab
Daughter Naomi
David Obed
Elimelech Orpah
Glean Ruth
Grain Threshing
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY BOOK OF RUTH
Intermediate Level Name:
CHAPTER 1
1. Which country did Elimelech moved to?
2. What was the name of Naomi daughters-in-law?
CHAPTER 2
1. Why did Ruth go to the field?
2. Boaz saw Ruth gleaning and asked about her. How did he treat the Moabite woman?
a) with scorn
b) with kindness
c) with indifference
CHAPTER 3
1. Boaz desired to marry Ruth. According to the custom, what must he first have?
a) the approval of the High Priest
b) the approval of the elders
c) the approval of her closest relative
2. Why did Boaz ask Ruth for her shawl?
CHAPTER 4
1. What was the name of the son of Ruth?
2. Who was the grandson of Obed?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY BOOK OF RUTH
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CHAPTER 1
1. Why did Elimelech move from his homeland?
2. What made Naomi want to go back to her homeland?
CHAPTER 2
1. What did Boaz ask Ruth to do?
2. What did Ruth eat at mealtime?
CHAPTER 3
1. What was the duty of a close relative in the time of Ruth?
2. What verse tells us that Boaz was much older than Ruth?
CHAPTER 4
1. The elders wished for Boaz that his wife be like whom?
2. What did Naomi do with the child?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY BOOK OF RUTH
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CHAPTER 1
1. Why did Naomi not want her daughters-in-law to go back with her?
2. Naomi did not want the people to call her by her name. What reasons did she give?
CHAPTER 2
1. Why did Ruth find favor in Boaz's eyes?
2. "Let her glean among the sheaves and do not reproach her." What is gleaning? And why did gleaning among the sheaves deserve reproach? (Deuteronomy 24:19-20)
CHAPTER 3
1. What is a threshing floor?
2. Why could Boaz not marry Ruth without going back to the closer relative?(Deuteronomy 25:5-6)
CHAPTER 4
1. What was the custom in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging?
2. Why do you think is the importance of choosing a Maobitess to be an ancestor of David?