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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gronam think the snow is?
(a) Silver.
(b) Manna.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Cotton.

2. What is the name of the older man in the first story?
(a) Kellen.
(b) Kadish.
(c) Kaden.
(d) Kevin.

3. What does Grandmother promise her grandchildren the next night?
(a) More time to play jacks.
(b) A new dreidel.
(c) Another story.
(d) Some apple cider.

4. What is kept burning in the room made to look like paradise?
(a) Incense.
(b) A fire.
(c) Candles.
(d) Pine boughs.

5. Why do the leaders in Chelm not want the people to do one of the things they highly enjoy?
(a) It will trample the snow.
(b) They will get cold.
(c) They will see the snow.
(d) They will not agree with their plan.

6. What is the first thing Atzel asks for when he wakes up in the paradise room?
(a) Drink.
(b) A book.
(c) A fire.
(d) Food.

7. According to the doctor, how long will it take to cure Atzel?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 16 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 12 days.

8. What is the hat made of that belonged to the strange man in Grandmother's tale?
(a) Felt.
(b) Paper.
(c) Fur.
(d) Feathers.

9. What does Tudras want to buy with the money from the snow?
(a) Another harvest of snow.
(b) A goose with golden eggs.
(c) A season's worth of seed.
(d) Some chests to hold the snow.

10. What vanishes with the strange man?
(a) The house.
(b) The dreidel and coins.
(c) The children.
(d) The squirrels.

11. How were the leaders of Chelm chosen?
(a) They are the least foolish.
(b) They are the most spiritual.
(c) They are the greatest fools.
(d) They are the most educated.

12. Who were the leaders in Chelm?
(a) The police.
(b) The sheriff and his deputies.
(c) The Elders.
(d) The priests.

13. What word does Grandmother use to describe the children in her story?
(a) Misled.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Foolish.

14. How does Atzel feel during his funeral?
(a) Happy.
(b) Offended.
(c) Tired.
(d) Content.

15. What night did it snow in Chelm?
(a) Hanukkah.
(b) Rosh Hashanah.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are called to carry the messenger?

2. What does Atzel think he has to do to get to paradise?

3. What is Atzel's main attribute when he grows up?

4. Why does the orphan girl come to live with Atzel?

5. What does Grandmother's tale end with?

(see the answer keys)

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