# Ruth Bible quiz

Ten questions on the book of Ruth, each answered with the verse that settles it, quoted from the Lumin Translation. Play it at https://www.lumin.faith/bible-quiz/ruth.

## 1. Why did Naomi’s family leave Bethlehem for Moab?

- There was a war
- For a wedding
- **There was a famine** (answer)

> In the period when the judges governed, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to settle for a while in the territory of Moab—he, his wife, and his two sons. ([Ruth 1:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/1#1))

## 2. Which daughter-in-law kissed Naomi goodbye and went home?

- Rachel
- Peninnah
- **Orpah** (answer)

> Once more they raised their voices and wept. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law farewell, but Ruth held fast to her. ([Ruth 1:14](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/1#14))

## 3. Who said, “Wherever you go, I will go”?

- **Ruth** (answer)
- Naomi
- Orpah

> But Ruth said, “Do not press me to abandon you, to turn back and stop following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you spend the night, I will spend the night. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. ([Ruth 1:16](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/1#16))

## 4. What did Naomi ask to be called when she came home?

- Hagar
- **Mara** (answer)
- Leah

> She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has brought great bitterness on me. ([Ruth 1:20](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/1#20))

## 5. What harvest was starting when they reached Bethlehem?

- **The barley harvest** (answer)
- The grape harvest
- The olive harvest

> That is how Naomi came back, with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who returned with her from the territory of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem just as the barley harvest was beginning. ([Ruth 1:22](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/1#22))

## 6. Whose field did Ruth happen to work in?

- **Boaz’s** (answer)
- Jesse’s
- Elimelech’s

> So she went and gleaned in a field behind the harvesters. As it happened, she came to the part of the field that belonged to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. ([Ruth 2:3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/2#3))

## 7. Where did Ruth lie down on the threshing floor?

- Among the harvesters
- **At Boaz’s feet** (answer)
- By the city gate

> When Boaz had eaten and drunk and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the grain pile. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. ([Ruth 3:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/3#7))

## 8. How did the nearer relative show he gave up his right to redeem?

- **He took off his sandal** (answer)
- He shook hands with Boaz
- He tore his robe

> So the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” and he took off his sandal. ([Ruth 4:8](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/4#8))

## 9. What was the name of Ruth and Boaz’s son?

- Jesse
- Perez
- **Obed** (answer)

> The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. ([Ruth 4:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/4#17))

## 10. Ruth was the great-grandmother of which king?

- Solomon
- **David** (answer)
- Saul

> The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. ([Ruth 4:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/4#17))