5th Grade Bible: Unit 5 Esther
What relation was Mordecai to Esther?
Answer: Mordecai was Esther's cousin.
How did King Xerxes find a new queen?
Answer: Xeres invited all the beautiful women in Persia to his palace and chose one.
Why did Haman hate Mordecai?
Answer: Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman.
How did the Jewish people react to Haman's edict?
Answer: The Jewish people tore their clothes and put on ashes to show mourning.
What was the king able to do to help Esther's people?
Answer: The king gave the Jews the right to defend themselves against anyone in Persia.
What plot did Mordecai overhear as he sat at the king's gate?
Answer: Two guards were planning to kill the king.
Why was Vashti removed from her position as queen?
Answer: Vashti refused to appear before the king and his guests.
What did Haman do when Esther revealed his plot to the king?
Answer: Haman begged for his life.
What did Haman do before he went to King Xeres with his plan to kill the Jews?
Answer: Haman cast lots (purim) to determine when his plot should be carried out.
Why is The Feast of Purim called, "The Feast of Purim?"
Answer: Haman cast lots, or "purim," for his plot.
What did Haman have to do that humiliated him?
Answer: Haman had to lead Mordecai around town on a royal horse.
What happened to Haman?
Answer: Haman was hanged.
How did Haman feel as he left the banquet?
Answer: Happy
How did the king react when he realized that Haman's decree had threatened his queen?
Answer: He was angry. ("I'm angry!")
Why couldn't King Xerxes repeal or change Haman's edict?
Answer: It was illegal to do so in Persia.
Why did the other Persians help the Jews fight against their enemies?
Answer: Many people were afraid of the Jews because Mordecai was powerful.
Why do Jews today still celebrate the Feast of Purim?
Answer: They celebrate God's faithfulness. They celebrate God's deliverance. They celebrate God's protection. They remember how God used Esther and Mordecai.
What did Mordecai say to Esther to encourage her to go to the king?
Answer: "God will be with you -- this could be why you were chose queen!"
What does the story of Esther tell you about who God is and what he is like?
Answer: (This is a personal response. You may write your answer at home on a notecard and bring it to class.) Possible topic sentence: The story of Esther tells me that God is...
How long did the Jews have to prepare for the attacks?
Answer: 9 months
What happened when the king couldn't sleep at night?
Answer: A scribe read him the chronicles of the kingdom.
What did his wife and friends tell Haman to do?
Answer: Build a gallows!
What secret did Mordecai tell Esther to keep?
Answer: Esther could not tell anyone that she was a Jew.
What reason did Esther first give Mordecai for not wanting to go to the king to ask him to save the Jews?
Answer: Esther reminded Mordecai that she would be killed unless the king invited her in.
