Study Guide for The Devil's Arithmetic

How did Hannah upset Grandpa Will asa child, and WHY would he react so strongly?

• She tore the only photo he had of his family, so he was very sad.

• She said that she did not care about being Jewish, which hurt his feelings.

• She refused to be quiet during prayer, and he found it disrespectful to both family and God.

• She drew numbers on her arm to match his, and it brought back memories of the Holocaust.

Why wouldn't the villagers believe Hannah's warning about the Nazis?

• Her family were only farmers, which were not respected.

• They had never known a tragedy like the Holocaust before.

• She was getting a reputation for telling too many lies.

• She was only a child and not a very smart one.

What did NOT happened on the horrible train ride? (*NOT*)

• It smelled like people sweating, vomiting, and going to the bathroom.

• They were so crowded that they had to stand for the whole ride.

• They heard gun shots and screams from the other train car.

• People fainted from the heat, and a child was suffocated to death.

Who escaped the camp and later became a Jewish politician?

• Gitl

• Yitzchak

• Shmuel

• the blokova

Who was killed by the firing squad because they tried to escape?

• Shmuel

• Yitzchak

• Wolfe

• the commandant

Who was a "kommando" who was forced to get rid of Jewish bodies?

• Fayge

• Shmuel

• the blokova

• Wolfe

Who was in charge of the camp and only visited to "Choose" who would die?

• the blokova

• the commandant

• Wolfe

• Gitl

Who moved to America and changed her name to Eva, after the war?

• Rivka

• Gitl

• Hannah

• Fayge

Who jumped in front of the firing squad to die with the person they loved?

• Rivka

• Gitl

• Hannah

• Fayge

Who would lose a finger every time they lost control of the prisoners?

• Rivka

• the commandant

• Gitl

• the blokova