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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 night did it snow in Chelm?

2. What stops the children in Grandmother's tale from playing their game?

3. What is Grandmother's name?

4. What is Shmerel's title?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

2. What causes Atzel to change his ideas while he is in paradise?

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

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

5. What did the strange man who appeared in "Grandmother's Tale" look like?

6. What kind of young man is Atzel when he grows up?

7. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

8. What strange thing did the children notice while the strange man was playing with them?

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

10. How does Atzel feel when he is told it is not time for him to go to paradise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is experienced a number of times in these stories by different characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these stories and where does it appear? How is the plot of the stories altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the feeling of the stories?

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