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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 animals appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

3. Why does the orphan girl come to live with Atzel?

4. What does Grandmother's tale end with?

5. What does Atzel ask for when he hears what the doctor tells the older man to do to cure Atzel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

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

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

8. Why were the Elders chosen to rule the town of Chelm?

9. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hannukuh and Judaism are central to the plots of every story. How does this religious center affect the plot of the stories and the messages presented in them?

Essay Topic 2

The Chelm Elders present a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What is this philosophy, and how does this different idealism affect the people around them?

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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