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Esther 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The King Cannot Sleep

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolA Sleepless Night

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenThe King's Book

NIGHT → picture 4BOOK → picture 3KING → picture 2MORDECAI → picture 1

Grade 1Mordecai Is Honored

The king could not sleep. → picture 3The king's book was read to him. → picture 5The king wanted to honor Mordecai. → picture 2Haman led Mordecai through the city. → picture 4The king honored Mordecai. → picture 1

Order:

1. On that night, the king couldn’t sleep2. It was found written that Mordecai had told3. do this for Mordecai the Jew4. Mordecai came back to the king’s gate

Grade 2A Night with No Sleep

  1. What could the king not do? Sleep (circle)
  2. What did the book tell? How Mordecai saved the king
  3. Who did Haman think the king meant? Haman thought the king meant him.
  4. Who rode the king's horse? Mordecai (circle)
  5. Who do Christians believe was at work? God (circle)
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Grade 3The Right Night

  1. What did the king ask his servants to read? The book of records
  2. What had been done to honor Mordecai? Nothing
  3. Who did Haman think the king wanted to honor? Haman thought the king must mean him.
  4. What did Haman have to do for Mordecai? Put the robe on him and lead him through the city on the horse
  5. What did Haman's wife and wise men say? Haman would surely fall before Mordecai.
1: On that night, the king couldn’t sleep2: It was found written that Mordecai had told3: do this for Mordecai the Jew4: Mordecai came back to the king’s gate

Grade 4An Old Record Remembered

  1. What was found written in the chronicles? That Mordecai had exposed a plot against the king
  2. Why had Haman come to the court? To ask the king to hang Mordecai
  3. What did Haman describe for the honored man? Royal clothing, the king's own horse, and a royal crown
  4. How did Haman go home? Mourning, with his head covered
  5. What did Zeresh and the wise men warn? He would not prevail against Mordecai.

Word bank: 1. night; 2. book; 3. Mordecai; 4. honor; 5. Haman

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Great Reversal Begins

  1. What were the names of the doorkeepers Mordecai exposed? Bigthana and Teresh
  2. What did Haman say in his heart? That the king would delight to honor no one more than himself
  3. What three items did Haman propose? Royal apparel the king had worn, the horse the king had ridden, and a crown royal
  4. Where did Mordecai go afterward? Back to the king's gate
  5. What does Proverbs 16:18 warn? Pride goes before destruction.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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