Devil's Arithmetic Reading Check 1-5

In the first three chapters of the book, Hannah and her family are celebrating which Jewish holiday?

• Hanukkah

• Passover

• Yom Kippur

• Easter

What is the theme that is presented early in the novel through Hannah's mother?

• Importance of traditions

• Family

• Looking to the future

• Remembering

What is significant about the character of Grandpa Will?

• He is the patriarch of the family

• He was a decorated war veteran

• He survived the holocaust

• He was a German spy

How is Aunt Eva important relative to the protagonist of the story?

• She lives with her brother

• She survived the holocaust

• She is Jewish royalty

• Protagonist is named after her dead friend

In chapter four, there is a significant shift in the setting of the novel. Which new characters are introduced in the beginning of this chapter?

• Gitl and Shmuel

• Yitzchak and Chaya

• Hannah and Rosemary

• Shifre, Esther and Yente

What is the relationship between the characters Gitl and Shmuel

• Schmuel is getting ready to marry Gitl

• Schmuel is Gitl's cousin

• Gitl is Schmuel's sister

• Schmuel is Gitl's father

In the new setting of chapter four, what has happened to the protagonist's family?

• They are away in Lublin on business

• They were killed by Nazis

• They died in a car crash

• They died of a serious illness

When Gitl serves Chaya breakfast, what seems to be wrong?

• It wasn't donuts or cereal

• There wasn't enough syrup

• There are "things" in the milk

• It would cost too many points toward Chaya's Jenny Craig weight program

How does Yitzchak the butcher feel about Gitl?

• He wants her to marry him

• He thinks she is rude and obnoxious

• He wants her to come clean his house

• He has no feelings for her whatsoever

To what do Schmuel and Gitl attribute Chaya's strange conversations and behavior?

• The fact that she is from New Rochelle

• The fact that she is recovering from a serious fever

• The fact that she is a teenage girl

• The fact that she is an American