1. What message did Jonah preach to the people of Nineveh?
A.The city would be overthrown in 40 days
B.The city would be blessed if they repented
C.The city would be destroyed by fire from heaven
D.The city would be conquered by a foreign army
2. How did the king of Nineveh respond to Jonah's message?
A.He ordered Jonah's arrest
B.He rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in the dust
C.He dismissed Jonah as a false prophet
D.He prepared his army to attack Israel
3. What did the king of Nineveh proclaim throughout the city?
A.A day of celebration and feasting
B.A period of fasting and everyone putting on sackcloth to call urgently on God
C.A law banning all religious practices
D.An order to capture and execute the prophet Jonah
4. According to the king's decree, what were people supposed to do regarding their evil ways?
A.Continue them in secret
B.Turn from them and turn to God
C.Write them down in a book
D.Confess them only to the king
5. What did God do when He saw that the Ninevites had repented?
A.He destroyed the city immediately as originally planned
B.He had compassion and did not bring the disaster He had threatened
C.He sent another prophet to test their sincerity
D.He turned Nineveh into a flourishing kingdom
6. How many days did Jonah say Nineveh had before judgment?
A.Three days
B.Seven days
C.Forty days
D.One hundred days
7. Who did the king of Nineveh urge to turn from their wicked ways?
A.Only the priests and religious leaders
B.Only the wealthy and powerful
C.Everyone—humans and animals alike
D.Only the young men and women
8. What was the name of the city where Jonah preached in Chapter 3?
A.Babylon
B.Nineveh
C.Damascus
D.Jerusalem
9. What does Chapter 3 reveal about how God responds to sincere repentance?
A.God ignores repentance and carries out judgment anyway
B.God requires a temple to be built before showing mercy
C.God has compassion and withholds the threatened judgment when people turn from evil
D.God tests repentance by bringing smaller disasters first
10. How did the Ninevites respond when they heard Jonah's message of judgment?
A.They laughed and mocked the prophet
B.They believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least
C.They prepared weapons to defend the city
D.They ignored the message and continued with their daily lives