The Devil's Arithmetic Ch. 17-End

What was the escape plan?

• For everyone to meet at the midden and run into the forest.

• There was no escape plan, just run.

• Hannah did not know the escape plan, Gitl would not tell her.

• Everyone had to follow Shmuel in the forest.

Do YOU think it was a good idea that Gitl did not tell Hannah the escape plan?

Who was involved in the plan? (More than one answer)

• Shmuel

• Gitle

• Yitzchak

• Fayge

Who was the one to escape?

• Shmuel

• Gitl

• Yitzchak

• The violin player

What was the consequence for the mean trying to escape?

• They had to work day and night.

• They had to go 3 days without eating.

• They were sent to Lilith's cave.

• They were shot at the wall.

True or False

When Gitl and Hannah tried to escape Hannah dropped a shoe when trying to return to the barracks.

• True

• False

How did Fayge react to Shmuel's punishment for escaping?

• Fayge ran to Shmuel knowing he was going to die.

• She hid in the crowd and closed her eyes.

• Fayge tried to protest and failed.

• She later tried to escape the same way Shmuel did.

Who was the Kommando that carried Fayge's body to Lilith's cave?

• Shmuel

• Wolfe, Rivka's brother

• The tattoo artist

• The badchan

True or False

The new guard tells the three girls they have been chosen because they look too sick to work.

• True

• False

Which girls does the guard choose? (More than one answer)

• Rivka

• Shifre

• Ester

• Hannah