"The Devil's Arithmetic" Final Test

The author’s use of "Lilith’s Cave" is an example of:

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

• Allegory

Who is Shmuel?

• Gitl’s brother

• A Nazi guard

• Chaya’s cousin

• Rivka’s father

What does Hannah learn about identity through her experiences as Chaya?

• That names are unimportant

• That heritage and memory shape who we are

• That family ties are temporary

• That the future is more important than the past

Where is Hannah transported after she opens the door for Elijah?

• A. A concentration camp in Poland

• B. A Jewish village in 1942 Poland

• C. A ship bound for America

• D. A school in Nazi Germany

Who is Gitl in relation to Chaya?

• Her aunt

• Her cousin

• Her grandmother

• Her teacher

The name “Chaya,” meaning life, is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

What is Gitl’s fate after the Holocaust?

• She dies in the camp

• She moves to Israel

• She opens an adoption agency

• She becomes a teacher in New York

Which figurative language device is present in the line “Her stomach was a knot of snakes”?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

The door Hannah opens at the beginning of the Seder is symbolic of:

• Her curiosity

• Her entry into adulthood

• Her spiritual awakening

• A bridge between past and present

What does the term "Chosen" refer to in the camp?

• Those selected for special work

• Those selected to go to Lilith’s Cave

• Those who are given privileges

• Those sent home