Ruth Chapter 1

48 questions to study

Question Types

Multiple Choice (20) True False (20) Multi Answer (6) Matching (2)

Matching (2)

Match the two columns. Left: A. Naomi (Ruth 1:8) | B. Ruth (Ruth 1:16) | C. Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2b) | D. Orpah (Ruth 1:14) | E. Mara (Ruth 1:20) Right: 1. Place where Naomi’s family was from | 2. Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. | 3. Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. | 4. Bitter | 5. Kissed her mother-in-law goodbye

A Naomi (Ruth 1:8)
B Ruth (Ruth 1:16)
C Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2b)
D Orpah (Ruth 1:14)
E Mara (Ruth 1:20)
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A-2,B-3,C-1,D-5,E-4
Medium Discuss

MATCH THE TWO COLUMNS: Left: A. Naomi heard in Moab | B. Naomi said I went away full | C. The women exclaimed | D. Naomi to her daughters-in-law | E. They wept aloud Right: 1. Can this be Naomi? | 2. That the LORD had come to the aid of his people | 3. Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home | 4. When Naomi urged them to return | 5. But the LORD has brought me back empty

A Naomi heard in Moab
B Naomi said I went away full
C The women exclaimed
D Naomi to her daughters-in-law
E They wept aloud
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A-2,B-5,C-1,D-3,E-4

Multi Answer (6)

What is true regarding Naomi’s family story? (Ruth 1:3-4)

A Both her sons and husband had died
B The daughters in law were Moabites
C The family lived in Moab for about twenty years
D None

What did Ruth say to Naomi? (Ruth 1:16)

A Where you go I will go
B Your people will be my people
C Where you stay I will stay
D None

What does Naomi say about the Lord, the Almighty? (Ruth 1:20-21)

A He has made her life very bitter
B He has afflicted her
C He has brought misfortune upon her
D None
Medium Discuss

What is said regarding the sons of Elimelek?

A They were Ephrathites
B They married Moabite women
C They were from Bethlehem
Medium Discuss

What did Naomi say to her two daughters-in-law when they set out on the road to return to the land of Judah?

A “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home”
B “May the LORD show you kindness”
C “May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband”
Medium Discuss

What does Ruth say to Naomi when Naomi was urging Ruth to go back?

A Your people will be my people
B Your God will be my God
C Your inheritance will be my inheritance

Multiple Choice (20)

Why did the family move to Moab? (Ruth 1:1)

A Because there was a famine in the land
B Because there was a war in the land
C Because there was a plague in the land

During which time did the family move to Moab? (Ruth 1:1)

A In the days when the kings ruled
B In the days when the judges ruled
C In the days when the Levites ruled

From what tribe was Elimelek and his family? (Ruth 1:2b)

A The tribe of Manasseh
B The tribe of Benjamin
C The tribe of Ephraim

Naomi prepared to return home from Moab when she heard that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing ____ for them. (Ruth 1:6)

A water
B food
C shelter

What did Naomi say about the Lord’s hand? (Ruth 1:13b)

A Has turned against her
B Has comforted her
C Has held her

When Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was _____because of them. (Ruth 1:19)

A excited
B nervous
C stirred

What does Naomi ask the women of Bethlehem to call her? (Ruth 1:20)

A Mary
B Mara
C Miriam

Why does Naomi want to be called a new name when she arrives in Bethlehem? (Ruth 1:20)

A Because her life was made very bitter
B Because her life was made very happy
C Because her life was made very fulfilled

Which harvest was beginning when Naomi arrived in Bethlehem? (Ruth 1:22)

A wheat harvest
B barley harvest
C corn harvest

Which daughter in law returned to Bethlehem with Naomi? (Ruth 1:22)

A Orpah
B Ruth
C both Orpah and Ruth
Medium Discuss

How many sons did Elimelek have?

A Two
B Three
C Four
Medium Discuss

For how long did Elimelek go to live in the country of Moab?

A For ten years
B For a while
C For a week
Medium Discuss

From which town did Elimelek with his family go to live in the country of Moab?

A Bethel
B Bethany
C Bethlehem
Medium Discuss

When did Naomi prepare to return home from Moab?

A When she heard that the Lord had come to the aid of his people
B When she missed her homeland
C When her family pressed her to do so
Medium Discuss

For how long did the family live in Moab, before Naomi was left without her sons?

A About five years
B About ten years
C About fifteen years
Medium Discuss

Who are Elimelek’s two sons?

A Boaz and Obed
B Perez and Zerah
C Mahlon and Kilion
Medium Discuss

Naomi says to the women of Bethlehem, “Don’t call me Naomi, call me ____”.

A Mary
B Mara
C Miriam
Medium Discuss

According to Naomi, who has made her life bitter?

A The Almighty
B The Moabite women
C The famine in the land
Medium Discuss

At what time did Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem?

A At the time of the wheat harvest
B At the beginning of the barley harvest
C At the end of the barley harvest
Medium Discuss

Which daughter in law kissed Naomi goodbye?

A Ruth
B Orpah
C Both of them

True False (20)

The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.

They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. (Ruth 1:4)

Naomi said, "May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me." (Ruth 1:8b)

Naomi set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Israel. (Ruth 1:7b)

Ruth said, "where you die I will die, and there I will be buried." (Ruth 1:17)

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you, to your mother's home." (Ruth 1:8)

Naomi said, "May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband. "(Ruth 1:9)

Naomi said, "Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried." (Ruth 1:17)

Naomi told her daughters in law that she was too old to have another husband. (Ruth 1:12)

Naomi said: "I went away empty, but the Lord has brought me back full." (Ruth 1:21)

Medium Discuss

In the days when the kings ruled, there was a famine in the land

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While in Moab, Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons

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Naomi’s sons married Moabite women

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While she was in Israel, Naomi heard that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them

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Naomi, with her two daughters-in-law, left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah

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Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your uncle’s home.”

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Naomi was bitter and she said “the LORD’s hand has turned against me!”

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Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, and Ruth did the same

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Ruth said to Naomi “Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me”

Medium Discuss

When Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was joyful because of them

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