1) Who was the king at the time of the Purim story? a) Achashverosh b) David c) Pharoah d) Nebuchadnezzar 2) Where did the Purim story take place? a) Shushan, the capitol of the Persian Empire b) Rome, the capitol of the Greek Empire c) Washington, DC, the capitol of the United States d) Jerusalem, the capitol of Israel 3) What was the name of the first queen in the Purim story? a) Vashti b) Zeresh c) Pocahontas d) Esther 4) How did the king decide to find a new queen? a) a beauty pageant b) a talent show c) a lottery d) a matchmaker 5) Who did the king pick as his second queen? a) Esther b) Miriam c) Sarah d) Ruth 6) What did Mordechai do that was recorded in the king's record book? a) He saved the king from a murderous plot b) He gave the king hamentaschen c) He gave the king lots of money d) He found the king's teddy bear 7) Mordechai told Esther to keep what a secret? a) her name b) the fact that she was Jewish c) her age d) her birthplace 8) Why did Haman hate Mordechai? a) Mordechai wouldn't bow to him b) Mordechai wouldn't share his hamentaschen c) Mordechai made fun of Haman's hat d) Mordechai wanted to take his job 9) Which date was picked as the day to kill all the Jews? a) Adar 13 b) March 13 c) the first day of Passover d) Purim 10) What did Mordechai and the Jews do when they hear about Haman's evil plan? a) they protested and striked b) they ran and hid c) they fasted and prayed d) they kicked and screamed 11) What would happen if you entered the king's chamber without permission? a) you were killed b) you were banned for three months c) you were put in the laughing stocks d) you were fined 12) When Esther entered the king's chamber, what did she ask of him? a) half of his kingdom b) that he and Haman should come to a party c) that the he save the Jewish people from Haman's evil plot d) permission to visit mordechai 13) What did Esther ask of the king at the party? a) the salt b) that he save the Jewish people from Haman's evil plot c) that he and Haman should come to another party d) half of his kingdom 14) What did Haman's wife Zeresh suggest he do to punish Mordechai? a) hang him b) poison him c) charge him money d) banish him 15) Who did Haman think the king wanted to honor? a) Haman himself b) Mordechai c) Esther d) the general of the army 16) What did Haman suggest should be done to the man the king wanted to honor? a) be paraded through the streets on the king's horse wearing the king's royal crown and robes b) give him a million gold coins c) give him a lifetime supply of hamentaschen d) have his face on a postage stamp 17) At the second party, what did Esther reveal to the king? a) that she was Jewish b) her age c) her true hair color d) that she didn't like poppy seed hamentaschen 18) How was Haman punished? a) They hung him on the same gallows he built for Mordechai. b) He was thrown in a pit of lions. c) He was put in the laughinstocks. d) He was banished from the kingdom. 19) How did Esther prepare to meet the king? a) She put on lots of make up, her best clothes, and finest jewelry b) She prayed and fasted. c) She wrote a speech. d) She made him his favorite hamentaschen. 20) After Haman was killed, why were the Jews still in trouble? a) because his decree couldn't be undone b) because there were not enough hamentaschen for the party c) because the Persian people still hated the Jews d) because his sons took over his evil rule 21) What happened on the 14th of Adar? a) The Jews rested from the battle. b) Mordechai became king. c) Everyone got horse and pony rides. d) The hamentaschen cookie was invented 22) How do the Jews commemorate the Purim miracle every year on the 14th of Adar a) Read the story in the megillah b) Eat a festive meal c) Exhange gifts of food d) Give money to the needy e) All of the above 23) The special cookies we eat on Purim are called: a) hamentaschen b) latkes c) sufganiot d) kugels 24) Who took over Haman's job after he died? a) Mordechai b) Esther c) Bigtan and Teresh d) Charvona 25) Which is NOT a Purim custom? a) dressing up in costume b) eating filled cookies c) making silly plays/shpiels d) lighting the menorah 26) What does the name "Purim" mean? a) "Lots", because of Haman's wicked lottery b) "Cookies", because of the hamentaschen c) "Victory", because of the war 27) On what date do we celebrate Purim? a) Adar 13 b) Adar 14 c) March 13 d) March 14

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