When Shlemiel Went To Warsaw

1. When Shlemiel returned, his wife asked, "Don't you recognize your chickens?" To recognize something means you

Know you have seen it before

Forget where you put something

Try to avoid it if you are able

2. Mrs. Shlemiel proceeded to berate Shlemiel with all the curses she could think of. Berate is another word for

Praise

Scold

Tease

3. When the passerby says they are in Chelm what does Shlemiel decide?

Shlemiel decides that there are two Chelms, and he is in the other one.

Shlemiel decides that he has made it home safely.

Shlemiel decides that the passerby is not telling him the truth.

4. What does Mrs. Shlemiel think when Shlemiel tells her they are in Chelm Two?

Mrs. Shlemiel thinks that Shlemiel has lost his mind.

Mrs. Shlemiel thinks that he has really visited Chelm Two.

Mrs. Shlemiel thinks that Shlemiel is not really Shlemiel, but someone else.

5. Some of the neighbors felt pity for the Shlemiel family. To feel pity for someone means to feel

Nervous

Better

Sorry

6. Gimpel the healer announced that he knew of no remedy for Shlemiel's illness. Another word for remedy is

Cause

Cure

Patients

7. How does the blacksmith trick Shlemiel?

The blacksmith points him in the wrong direction.

When Shlemiel is sleeping, he turns Shlemiel's boots around.

He gives Shlemiel a map that has wrong roads on it.

8. Shlemiel began to rub his forehead and soon found the answer to the riddle. A riddle is like a

Dream

Headache

Puzzle

9. What does Gronam Ox tell Shlemiel to do?

Gronam Ox tells Shlemiel to leave at once.

Gronam Ox tells Shlemiel to leave and head for Chelm One.

Gronam Ox tells Shlemiel to wait for the real Shlemiel to come home.

10. How does Gronam Ox solve Mrs. Shlemiel's problem?

Gronam Ox hires Shlemiel to watch Mrs. Shlemiel's children.

Gronam Ox is able to cure Shlemiel's craziness.

Gronam Ox has Shlemiel leave so that Mrs. Shlemiel can find a new husband.

11. Why did the author write this selection?

To convince the reader that home is best

To tell a funny story about a journey

To explain what not to do when you travel

12. What does Mrs. Shlemiel decide to do?

Have Shlemiel arrested

Find out if there is another Chelm

Give Shlemiel some food

13. Why is Shlemiel taken to the village elders?

The village elders want to discuss with him how Chelm One and Two are different.

His friends and family don't know what else to do with Shlemiel.

Shlemiel is taken to the village elders to become one of the elders.

14. Why does Shlemiel give up the idea of traveling?

He finally has a job he is good at.

He believes that trips lead nowhere.

He is too old and weary to travel.

15. Shmendrick Numskull thought Shlemiel had

Been eaten by mountain cannibals

Married a demon princess

Fallen off the edge of the world