The Devil's Arithmetic 13 to End Flashcards

Front

What is the most important item to the prisoners in the camp?

Back

Their bowl

Front

What symbolized death in the camps?

Back

the smokestacks

Front

"...it is much harder to live this way and to die this way than to go out shooting." To Rivka, this means ______

Back

The prisoners are heroes.

Front

What is most important to Gitl?

Back

Remembering her identity and protecting the children

Front

The puppy was as __________as ever and could not be found anywhere.

Back

elusive

Front

Not seeming to be based on any reason, system or plan?

Back

arbitrary

Front

When people are treated more like objects and not people, what term relates to this?

Back

dehumanize

Front

What made Chaya a hero?

Back

She took Rivka's place and saved her life.

Front

What is "the Devil's arithmetic"?

Back

the addition and subtraction of people's lives during the Holocaust

Front

The feeling at the end of the novel is ________.

Back

hopeful