Naomi Bible 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.
Q1.What was Naomi's husband's name?
- A. Elimelech ✓
- B. Boaz
- C. Mahlon
- D. Chilion
Answer: Elimelech
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi.
Q2.Why did Naomi's family leave Bethlehem?
- A. A famine ✓
- B. A war
- C. A plague
- D. A flood
Answer: A famine
And there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab.
Q3.Where did Naomi's family go to live?
- A. Moab ✓
- B. Egypt
- C. Edom
- D. Philistia
Answer: Moab
He, and his wife, and his two sons… And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Q4.Who were Naomi's two daughters in law?
- A. Orpah and Ruth ✓
- B. Leah and Rachel
- C. Mary and Martha
- D. Hannah and Peninnah
Answer: Orpah and Ruth
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth.
Q5.What did Naomi tell her daughters in law to do?
- A. Return each to her mother's house ✓
- B. Come with her to Bethlehem
- C. Stay in the field
- D. Go to the temple
Answer: Return each to her mother's house
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you.
Q6.What name did Naomi ask to be called?
- A. Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me ✓
- B. Hannah
- C. Rachel
- D. Leah
Answer: Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me
Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Q7.What does the name Naomi mean (per her own contrast)?
- A. Pleasant ✓
- B. Bitter
- C. Joyful
- D. Sorrowful
Answer: Pleasant
Call me not Naomi (pleasant), call me Mara (bitter): for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Q8.When did Naomi return to Bethlehem?
- A. At the beginning of barley harvest ✓
- B. At Passover
- C. At the feast of tabernacles
- D. In the winter
Answer: At the beginning of barley harvest
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law… they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Q9.Whose field did Naomi tell Ruth to visit?
- A. Boaz, a near kinsman ✓
- B. The king's
- C. A stranger's
- D. Her brother's
Answer: Boaz, a near kinsman
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Q10.What did the women say of Obed concerning Naomi?
- A. There is a son born to Naomi ✓
- B. He shall be a king
- C. He is the redeemer
- D. He is a prophet
Answer: There is a son born to Naomi
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed.