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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 Gimpel's occupation?

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

3. Who reported the missing moon?

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

5. What is Gronam's title?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

2. What do the Elders see in the morning after Gimpel has delivered the message?

3. Why did someone think the moon fell in a barrel?

4. What does Atzel do on his first days in paradise, and how does he feel about this?

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

6. Why did the children keep playing with the strange man after they noticed something strange happening?

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

8. Why does Atzel come to wish he were dead?

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

10. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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