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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chelm need money for?
(a) To pay debts.
(b) To fix the plumbing.
(c) To pave the roads.
(d) To build a school.

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

4. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" NOT have?
(a) A heart.
(b) A shadow.
(c) A reflection.
(d) A home.

5. What is Chelm full of?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Fools.
(c) Children.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Atzel notice about the food in paradise?

3. How were the leaders of Chelm chosen?

4. What does Grandmother's tale end with?

5. What color is the orphan girl's hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

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

7. What came into the house as the strange man called out after his real identity was revealed?

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

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

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

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