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The Devil's Arithmetic -Final Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following describe the overall tone of this novel?

a)

 

profound, revealing, and hopeful

b)

 angry, mysterious, and harsh

c)

 

festive, anxious, and encouraging

d)

melancholy, humorous, and sarcastic

2.

What point of view is used in this novel?

a)

 first person

b)

 second person

c)

 

third person limited

d)

  third person omniscient

3.

What genre is this novel?

a)

science fiction

b)

 Historical fiction

c)

Drama

d)

 

nonfiction

4.

Which of the following is the best theme for this novel?

a)

The Holocaust was a horrible event.

b)

Swallows are birds who eat insects.

c)

Sometimes it is those who endure hardships that are heroes.

d)

Hannah and her friends were brave.

5.

Who is the protagonist (main character) in this novel?

a)

Hannah

b)

Gitl

c)

Rivka

d)

Yitzchak

6.

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

a)

Rivka tells the girls about the “Every Bowls”.

b)

Chaya returns to her old life as Hannah.

c)

Shifre and Ester are saved by Chaya.

d)

Chaya follows Gitl as they try to escape.

7.

Hannah can best be described as being

a)

a round and dynamic character

b)

a flat and static character

c)

a round and static character

d)

a flat and dynamic character

8.

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)

verbal irony

c)

situational irony

d)

none of these

9.

Who is Rivka at the end of the book?

a)

Aunt Eva’s dead friend

b)

Aunt Eva

c)

Her grandmother

d)

Hannah’s cousin

10.

Hannah’s struggle to remember the past would be considered an

_ conflict.

a)

internal

b)

external

c)

exposition

d)

internet

11.

When thinking about the writer’s style, Jane Yolen used all of the following except

a)

Monologues

b)

foreshadowing

c)

Symbolism

d)

Imagery

12.

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

13.

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)

Simile

d)

Personification

14.

What happened to Reuven?

a)

He was sent to Lilith’s Cave.

b)

He escaped with Yitzchak.

c)

He became the commandant’s helper.

d)

He was sent to another camp.

15.

“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.