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The Devil's Arithmetic - Wrap Up Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What genre is this novel?

a)

historical fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

nonfiction

d)

drama

2.

Who is the protagonist (main character) of the novel?

a)

Gitl

b)

Hannah

c)

Rivka

d)

Yitzchak

3.

Which of the following is part of the resolution of the novel?

a)

Shifre and Ester are saved by Chaya

b)

Rivka tells the girls about the "Every Bowls"

c)

Chaya returns to her old life as Hannah.

d)

Chaya follows Gitl as they try to escape.

4.

Rivka's brother's name in the camp was Wolfe. Yet he was very gentle and kind. His name is an example of ________.

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

d)

none of these.

5.

Who does it turn out that Rivka is at the end of the book?

a)

Aunt Eva

b)

Hannah's Grandmother

c)

Aunt Eva's dead friend

d)

Hannah's cousin

6.

Hannah's struggle to remember the past would be considered an _______ conflict.

a)

internal

b)

external

c)

exposition

d)

all of the above.

7.

"Maybe we could do something to help the blokova balance her hand. Three is such an unlucky number", Shifre said.

Which of the following literary devices is used in this passage?

a)

flashback

b)

symbolism

c)

foreshadowing

d)

irony

8.

Like spawning fish, the children came from everywhere to dive into the pile.

What type of figurative language is used in this passage?

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

9.

What happened to Reuven?

a)

He escaped with Yitzchak.

b)

He was sent to Lilith's Cave.

c)

He became the commandant's helper.

d)

He was sent to another camp.

10.

"We are all heroes here".

What does Rivka mean by this statement?

a)

All of the people at the camps are heroes, including the Nazis.

b)

The prisoners at the camp are heroes because they endured the pain and hardships.

c)

They are all heroes because they fight back.

d)

Rivka and her friends are heroes because they stick together.

11.

According to the epilogue, what did Gitl do after the camp was liberated in 1945?

a)

become a teacher

b)

marry Yitzchak

c)

become a politician

d)

organize a rescue mission.

12.

"Chosen" is an _________ for "to be killed"

a)

symbol

b)

allusion

c)

euphemism

d)

flashback

13.

She and Shifre were set to work with Rivka in the kitchen hauling water in large buckets from the pump, spooning out the meager meals, washing the giant cauldrons in which the soup cooked, scrubbing the walls and floors.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

delicious

b)

disgusting

c)

plentiful

d)

tiny

14.

Which of the following sentences from the book do NOT contain onomatopoeia?

a)

They crept to the door, and Hannah could feel her heart thudding madly.

b)

They slipped through the door, shut it, and locked it from the outside with a too-loud snick.

c)

And, yet, when it finally happened, Hannah was surprised that she hadn't known.

d)

From all over the camp came the same clicking as if crazed crickets had invaded the place.

15.

Hannah slipped into the chair, knowing it was the one that family reserved for the prophet Elijah, who slipped through the centuries like a fish through water.

What type of irony is used in this passage?

a)

dramatic

b)

situational

c)

verbal

d)

all of the above.