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Esther 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Esther Speaks Up

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.

PreschoolEsther Speaks Up

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

KindergartenSpeak Up

QUEEN → picture 4FEAST → picture 3PEOPLE → picture 1BRAVE → picture 2

Grade 1Esther Tells the King

The king came to Esther's feast. → picture 5Esther asked the king to save her people. → picture 1Esther said Haman was the enemy. → picture 4Esther told the truth. → picture 2God's people were kept safe. → picture 3

Order:

1. the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen2. let my life be given me at my petition3. An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman4. Then the king’s wrath was pacified

Grade 2Esther Tells the Truth

  1. Who came to Esther's feast? The king and Haman (circle)
  2. What did Esther ask the king to save? Her life and her people
  3. Who was the bad man? Haman (circle)
  4. How did the king feel? Very angry (circle)
  5. Who was brave and helped her people? Esther (circle)
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Grade 3The Truth Comes Out

  1. What did Esther ask the king to spare? Her life and the lives of her people
  2. Who did Esther say was the enemy? This wicked Haman
  3. How did Haman feel? Afraid
  4. Where did the king go in his anger? Into the palace garden
  5. What happened to the king's anger in the end? It went away.
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Grade 4Courage at the Banquet

  1. What did Esther ask the king to give her? Her life and her people
  2. How did Esther describe Haman? As the adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman
  3. Where did the king go in his wrath? Into the palace garden
  4. Who told the king about the gallows? Harbonah
  5. What does Psalm 7:16 say? The trouble a wicked man causes returns on his own head.

Word bank: 1. Esther; 2. life; 3. Haman; 4. garden; 5. wicked

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

Grade 5Justice at the Second Banquet

  1. What would Esther have done if her people had only been sold as servants? She would have held her peace.
  2. What did the king ask when Esther made her request? Who had dared to presume in his heart to do so
  3. What did Haman see was determined against him? Evil
  4. Who pointed to the gallows? Harbonah, one of the eunuchs
  5. What became of the gallows Haman had prepared? Haman himself was hanged on it.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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