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    Feeding the 5,000 and 4,000 Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.How many loaves were used to feed the five thousand?

      • A. Two
      • B. Five
      • C. Seven
      • D. Twelve

      Answer: Five

      We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

      Read Matthew 14:17 (KJV)

    2. Q2.How many fishes?

      • A. One
      • B. Two
      • C. Three
      • D. Seven

      Answer: Two

      Five loaves, and two fishes.

      Read Matthew 14:17 (KJV)

    3. Q3.On what did Jesus command the multitude to sit?

      • A. The sand
      • B. The grass
      • C. Their cloaks
      • D. Boats

      Answer: The grass

      He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.

      Read Matthew 14:19 (KJV)

    4. Q4.How many baskets of fragments were taken up after the 5,000?

      • A. Five
      • B. Seven
      • C. Twelve
      • D. Twenty

      Answer: Twelve

      They took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

      Read Matthew 14:20 (KJV)

    5. Q5.Not counting women and children, how many men ate?

      • A. About three thousand
      • B. About four thousand
      • C. About five thousand
      • D. About ten thousand

      Answer: About five thousand

      They that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

      Read Matthew 14:21 (KJV)

    6. Q6.Which boy brought the loaves and fishes?

      • A. A lad with five barley loaves and two small fishes
      • B. A fisherman's son
      • C. Andrew's nephew
      • D. Peter's nephew

      Answer: A lad with five barley loaves and two small fishes

      There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes.

      Read John 6:9 (KJV)

    7. Q7.How many loaves at the feeding of the four thousand?

      • A. Three
      • B. Five
      • C. Seven
      • D. Twelve

      Answer: Seven

      Seven, and a few little fishes.

      Read Matthew 15:34 (KJV)

    8. Q8.How many baskets remained after the 4,000?

      • A. Five
      • B. Seven
      • C. Twelve
      • D. Twenty

      Answer: Seven

      They took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

      Read Matthew 15:37 (KJV)

    9. Q9.How long had the four thousand been with Jesus?

      • A. One day
      • B. Two days
      • C. Three days
      • D. A week

      Answer: Three days

      They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

      Read Matthew 15:32 (KJV)

    10. Q10.What did Jesus first do before breaking the loaves?

      • A. Sing
      • B. Look up to heaven, and bless
      • C. Wash his hands
      • D. Speak a parable

      Answer: Look up to heaven, and bless

      Looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake.

      Read Matthew 14:19 (KJV)