Jonah and the Whale Quiz for Kids

Answer key for Jonah and the Whale Quiz for Kids

1. Q1: What city did God tell Jonah to go to? Answer: Nineveh. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city. Reference: Jonah 1:2 (KJV).
2. Q2: Where did Jonah try to run instead? Answer: Tarshish. Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish. Reference: Jonah 1:3 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did God send on the sea? Answer: A great wind and storm. The LORD sent out a great wind into the sea. Reference: Jonah 1:4 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did the sailors do with Jonah? Answer: Threw him into the sea. They took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea. Reference: Jonah 1:15 (KJV).
5. Q5: What swallowed Jonah? Answer: A whale-sized fish. Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Reference: Jonah 1:17 (KJV).
6. Q6: How long was Jonah in the fish? Answer: Three days and three nights. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Reference: Jonah 1:17 (KJV).
7. Q7: What did Jonah do inside the fish? Answer: Prayed to God. Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. Reference: Jonah 2:1 (KJV).
8. Q8: What happened when Jonah preached in Nineveh? Answer: The people repented. The people of Nineveh believed God and repented. Reference: Jonah 3:5 (KJV).
9. Q9: What plant did God grow to shade Jonah? Answer: Gourd. The LORD God prepared a gourd... to be a shadow over his head. Reference: Jonah 4:6 (KJV).
10. Q10: What does the story of Jonah teach? Answer: God's mercy is for everyone. God's mercy reaches every nation when they turn to Him. Reference: Jonah 4:11 (KJV).