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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 does Atzel think he has to do to get to paradise?

2. What vanishes with the strange man?

3. How do the leaders decide to tell the people of Chelm to stay in their houses?

4. What do the people in Chelm like to do?

5. What does the children notice while they are being entertained by the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to show the children who the strange man really was?

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

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

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

5. How does "Grandmother's Tale" begin?

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

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

8. What does Dr. Yoetz see when he first checks on Atzel inside Kadish's house?

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

10. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

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

The characters in these stories have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and discuss their main motivation and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Interesting advice is given and received in these stories. What are some examples of this advice, and what are the consequences of it?

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