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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Atzel notice about the food in paradise?
(a) It makes him sleepy.
(b) It tastes different from food on earth.
(c) It is always the same.
(d) It is far too much to eat.

2. What does Atzel do during his funeral?
(a) Sings.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Hums.
(d) Smiles.

3. What kind of food does Atzel think people in paradise eat?
(a) Hearty food.
(b) Rich food.
(c) Fresh food.
(d) Meaty food.

4. What symbol keeps appearing for the children as they are entertained by the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale"?
(a) Farkel.
(b) Gimel.
(c) Nun.
(d) Druin.

5. What is the name of the orphan girl?
(a) Akish.
(b) Abish.
(c) Aksah.
(d) Abbah.

6. What does the older man hang from the walls in the room that is made to look like paradise?
(a) Flowers.
(b) White sheets.
(c) Strings of beads.
(d) Scarves.

7. How many men are called to carry the messenger?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

8. What is the first thing the doctor tells the older man to do to cure Atzel?
(a) Slap him.
(b) Put him outside.
(c) Sing to him.
(d) Bury him.

9. What is the coat made of that belonged to the strange man in Grandmother's tale?
(a) Bear hide.
(b) Fox fur.
(c) Wolf fur.
(d) Leather.

10. What is Shmerel's title?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Mistaken.
(c) Silly.
(d) Ox.

11. What creatures appear as the strange man spins around in the house?
(a) Dwarfs.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Elves.
(d) Goblins.

12. Who has the idea to tell the people of Chelm to stay in their houses?
(a) Tudras.
(b) Gronam.
(c) Lekisch.
(d) Shmerel.

13. What does the children notice while they are being entertained by the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale"?
(a) They were getting strangely sleepy.
(b) Time was slowing down.
(c) The animals were agitated.
(d) The house was getting smaller.

14. How many daughters does the father in "Grandmother's Tale" have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

15. What does Atzel cease doing when he wants to go to paradise?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grandmother's name?

2. What do the doctors pronounce Atzel to be when he wants to go to paradise?

3. How does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" entertain the children in the house?

4. What does Atzel think he has to do to get to paradise?

5. What game are Grandmother's grandchildren playing at the beginning of this story?

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