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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. Who told Atzel about paradise?

2. What night did it snow in Chelm?

3. What vanishes with the strange man?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did the children keep playing with the strange man after they noticed something strange happening?

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

7. What did the strange man do after the children realized who he really was?

8. How does Atzel feel when he is told it is not time for him to go to paradise?

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

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

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

Foolishness is a common folly highlighted in this collection of stories. What are some of the main examples of this, and what message is being sent by this blatant foolishness?

Essay Topic 3

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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