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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chelm full of?

2. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" NOT have?

3. What is the name of the older man in the first story?

4. What do the people in Chelm like to do?

5. What does Tudras want to buy with the money from the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What came into the house as the strange man called out after his real identity was revealed?

2. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

3. What do Tudras and Lekisch want to buy with the fortune from the snow?

4. How does "Grandmother's Tale" begin?

5. What does Dr. Yoetz see when he first checks on Atzel inside Kadish's house?

6. What do the children ask of their grandmother at the beginning of "Grandmother's Tale"?

7. Who is invited as a special guest to Atzel's wedding and why?

8. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

9. What is the rhyme at the end of "Grandmother's Tale"?

10. Who is called to carry Gimpel to deliver the message about staying in their houses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity is a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society are involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it is so important?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in these stories have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and discuss their main motivation and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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