The Devil's Arithmetic- Chapters 4-8

Who is Yitzchak?

• The butcher from town who wishes to court Gitl.

• Shmuel's best man

• The Jewish rabbi

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Hannah initially think is causing the "daydream" that she is having (when she is transported back in time).

• She fell and bumped her head.

• The wine

• The bread from the Sedar

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

For what is Gitl preparing in chapter 4 & 5?

• Shmuel's wedding
• The Sabbath
• Chaya's arrival
• Chaya's wedding

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What causes the setting to change?

• The wine
• The Sedar
• Grandpa's memories of the Holocaust
• Hannah opening the door for the prophet Elijah

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Waht amazes Chaya as she hears Yiddish spoken by Gitl and Schmuel?

• That it was no different than English

• That she has no idea what the words mean.

• That he can understand it when she couldn't before.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best describes how Chaya feels about Shmuel?

• She adores him
• She is frightened of him
• She doesn't know him
• She respects him

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does Gitl feel about Yitzchak?

• That he is a powerful man
• That he is a lonely man
• That he is a monster
• That he is kind

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following reasons do Gitl and Shmuel provide to explain Chaya's/Hannah's strange stories about the future?

• That these were caused from her hitting her head.
• That she has always had a vivid imagination
• That it is from missing her parents
• That they are caused by the illness that she recently survived

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

In chapter 5, Gitl asserts that there is another reason that Chaya (Hannah) seems to be making strange requests or asking strange questions. What is this reason?

• She is not respectful
• She is not Jewish
• She is used to following the Jewish traditions very strictly and Gitl and Shmuel do not
• She is from Lublin

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does Hannah (Chaya) claim to know about that shocks Gitl?

• What happens on a wedding night
• Where New Rochelle is
• What will happen when the Nazis come for them
• That she does not speak Yiddish

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7