View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandmother's tale end with?

2. What is the first thing Atzel asks for when he wakes up in the paradise room?

3. What is Chelm full of?

4. What did Chelm need money for?

5. What does Atzel cease doing when he wants to go to paradise?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

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

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

5. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

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

7. What did the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" do when he came into the house?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Foolishness is a common folly highlighted in this collection of stories. What are some of the main examples of this, and what message is being sent by this blatant foolishness?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 673 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample