Purim for first graders

What is the name of King Ahasuerus' first wife?

• Eve

• Vashti

• Esther

• Elizabeth

Why did the king send Vashti away?

• She wanted to be king.

• She refused to dance for him and his drunken guests.

• She stole all his money.

• She stuck her tongue out at him.

What was Esther's name when she was growing up?

• Hadassah

• Esther

• Shushan

• Vashti

In what country was Shushan?

• China

• Persia

• Israel

Esther's relative was

• Mordechai

• Haman

• Ahasuerus

• Vashti

Why did Haman hate the Jews?

• Mordechai would not bow down to him.

• Jews were different than the people Haman knew.

• Mordechai was honored by the king for saving his life.

• He hated Esther because he secretly knew she was Jewish.

When the king found out that Mordechai had saved his life he asked ___________ how to honor someone.

Why was Esther afraid to tell the king about Haman's plot?

• If you talked to the king without his permission he could have you killed.

• The king did not know Esther was Jewish.

• She was afraid she would fail to save the Jews.

• She didn't want to fast for three days.

Esther was

• brave

• smart

• creative

• Jewish

We celebrate Purim by

• eating Haman's ears

• dressing up in costumes

• listening to the Megillah (story of Purim)

• putting on a Purim schpiel (play)