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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the children notice while they are being entertained by the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale"?
(a) They were getting strangely sleepy.
(b) The animals were agitated.
(c) The house was getting smaller.
(d) Time was slowing down.

2. What is there NOT included in the room made to look like paradise?
(a) Something to do.
(b) Food.
(c) A bed.
(d) Water.

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

4. What does the strange man look like as he spins around in the house?
(a) A candle.
(b) A star.
(c) A dreidel.
(d) A top.

5. What does Gronam want to do with the snow in Chelm?
(a) Save it for the people.
(b) Hide it from the villagers.
(c) Use it to pay debts.
(d) Divide it up among the citizens.

6. How do the leaders decide to tell the people of Chelm to stay in their houses?
(a) Mail letters.
(b) Send a message.
(c) Post a warning on the doors.
(d) Shout it from the rooftops.

7. Who was called when the moon was not found in the barrel later in the day?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The police.
(c) The Elders.
(d) The head fool.

8. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" lose as he entertains the children?
(a) Coins.
(b) Candy.
(c) Respect.
(d) Feathers.

9. What symbol keeps appearing for the strange man in Grandmother's story while he is entertaining the children?
(a) Druin.
(b) Gimel.
(c) Farkel.
(d) Nun.

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

11. What is Shmerel's title?
(a) Mistaken.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Silly.
(d) Ox.

12. What is the name of the doctor who says he can cure Atzel?
(a) Yolken.
(b) Yoshi.
(c) Yokitz.
(d) Yoetz.

13. What do the children request of Grandmother before they go to bed?
(a) A story.
(b) A few minutes more to play.
(c) A hug.
(d) A blanket.

14. What does Atzel ask for when he hears what the doctor tells the older man to do to cure Atzel?
(a) Time.
(b) Food.
(c) A book.
(d) Water.

15. What color is the orphan girl's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the father in "Grandmother's Tale" have?

2. Why does Gronam think the snow is something aside from snow?

3. What word does Grandmother use to describe the children in her story?

4. What creatures appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

5. What does Atzel notice about the food in paradise?

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