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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 Mrs. Shlemiel do when she hears her husband ate the Hanukkah treat?

2. What did David light before leaving the house to look for his father?

3. How does David think his father got lost?

4. What does David do before releasing the devil?

5. Who is walking in the snow with the devil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first gift given to Lemel by Yenta, and what does he do with it?

2. What is the last gift that Yenta gives Lemel, and what does Lemel do with it?

3. What wakes Shlemiel up while his wife is away, and what does he do?

4. Why does Shlemiel not drink water from the well after eating the jam?

5. What helps David get back to his house?

6. What happens as David returns to his house?

7. What do the Elders say when they hear about what happened at Shlemiel's house?

8. What does Mrs. Shlemiel sell in the marketplace, and why?

9. What do the Elders suggest when they hear of Lemel's misfortune with all of his gifts?

10. What lie does Mrs. Shlemiel tell her husband, and how does she justify herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

These stories place in different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plots. Why might Singer have chosen these particular places for the stories to take place?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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