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Devil's Arithmetic Book Test

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 6hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened to Hannah when she opened the apartment door?

a)

She was transported to another place in time.

b)

Nothing

c)

She fainted.

d)

She saw the prophet, Elijah.

2.

When does Hannah/Chaya return to the future?

a)

She never returns to the future.

b)

She returns as she enters Lilith's Cave.

c)

She returns at the end of the war.

d)

She went in a time machine.

3.

What happened to the Jews when they arrived at the camp?

a)

The men and women were separated.

b)

They were laid down and shot.

c)

They were sent to the ovens.

d)

They were forced to walk for miles.

4.

What is the Choosing?

a)

When they got their tattoo numbers

b)

When the Jews are chosen for specific jobs

c)

When the commandant chooses someone to sing at his dinner

d)

When people are chosen to go into the ovens to be killed

5.

How does Hannah remember things?

a)

She relates the word to something familiar.

b)

She practices the words over and over again.

c)

She writes them down.

d)

She memorizes things.

6.

What happened when the wedding party arrived in Viosk?

a)

They had a wonderful wedding.

b)

Nothing happened

c)

They found Nazi soldiers waiting for them.

d)

They found the village destroyed.

7.

Why did the family go to the grandparents' house?

a)

Passover Seder

b)

Easter dinner

c)

A birthday

d)

A funeral

8.

How did Fayge die?

a)

She got sick and died.

b)

She drowns

c)

She died of a broken heart like her father.

d)

She jumped in front of Shmuel and the firing squad.

9.

Why don't they do any Choosing at night?

a)

Everyone hides in the dark.

b)

They don't run the ovens at night.

c)

Everyone is asleep.

d)

The soldiers don't work at night.

10.

Why did the children have to be warned that the commandant was coming?

a)

He liked to torture children.

b)

Children under 12 were not allowed in camp.

c)

He didn't like children.

d)

He would have put the children into the factory to work.

11.

What happened to the girls as they were standing around the pump talking?

a)

A new guard chose three of them for processing.

b)

The commandant chose three of them for processing.

c)

The blokova chose three of them for processing.

d)

A guard shot them because they were talking.

12.

What happened to the blokova after the attempted escape?

a)

She had another finger cut off.

b)

She was executed with the captured prisoners.

c)

She blamed Hannah and Aunt Gitl.

d)

None of above.

13.

How did Rivka survive the processing?

a)

Hannah/Chaya switched places with her.

b)

She ran away and hid the midden.

c)

The oven broke down and didn't work when she was processed.

d)

She was the one not chosen by the guard.

14.

What did Hannah get for the first time at the family Seder?

a)

A set of Barbie doll clothes

b)

Watered down wine

c)

Jelly beans

d)

Afikoman

15.

Who is telling the story?

a)

Aaron

b)

Aunt Eve

c)

Hannah

d)

Uncle Will

16.

Who is Hannah supposed to be after she opens the apartment door?

a)

Chaya

b)

Shmuel

c)

Gilt

d)

Aunt Eve

17.

What did Hannah get to do that the other girls did not get to do?

a)

socialize with non-Jewish girls

b)

go to school

c)

go shopping

d)

all the above

18.

What happened to the men who were caught trying to escape?

a)

They were thrown in the midden.

b)

They were shot.

c)

They were sent to another camp.

d)

They were processed.

19.

What gave Hannah and Gitl hope?

a)

The commandant told them they were not going to be processed.

b)

Other prisoners had been escaping successfully.

c)

They had a plan.

d)

They heard they were going to be freed,

20.

What is Hannah’s complaint to her mother at the beginning of the novel?

a)

She did not want to go to her grandparents house for pass over

b)

She did not want to go camping

c)

She wanted to be left alone

d)

She did not want to go to the first nights Seder

21.

Who is Hannah named after?

a)

Chaya

b)

Grandpa Dan

c)

Aunt Eva

d)

Mama

22.

Where do Hannah's grandparents live?

a)

Boston

b)

Alabama

c)

Germany

d)

the Bronx

23.

Why was Hannah's younger brother scared?

a)

he is scared of his dad

b)

he was to read the 4 questions from the haggadah

c)

he has to say a speech

d)

he is worried

24.

What has grandpa Will so upset?

a)

he is watching a television newscast showing footage from the holocaust

b)

he is tired

c)

he is in the holocaust

d)

he had a horrible flashback

25.

When Hannah was younger what did she do that she thought would please her grandpa Will?

a)

she wrote him letters

b)

she took a ballpoint pen and wrote # on her arm

c)

she called him grandpappy

d)

she face-timed him

26.

Grandfather Will decides that Hannah is old enough to what?

a)

drink beer

b)

eat toast

c)

partake of the wine toasting

d)

eat cupcakes

27.

Aaron mostly enjoys what?

a)

hiding and the finding of the afikoman

b)

playing hide and seek

c)

playing with his sister

d)

fishing

28.

The stern family opens the door to admit the prophet Elijah because of what?

a)

it is a Jewish tradition

b)

it was to show the Christians they were not practicing blood rituals

c)

.it reminds them of when Jews were forced to keep their doors open

d)

it was a good deed

29.
When Hannah tries to warn Fayge and Shmuel about what the Nazi's will do, Rachael states she is simply retelling what story she spoke of earlier in the day.
a)
The Wizard of Oz
b)
Star Wars
c)
Hansel and Gitl (Gretel)
d)
Beauty and the Beast
30.
In chapter 8, Hannah is introduced to one of the most beautiful women she has ever seen, "like a movie star." Who is this woman?
a)
Chaya
b)
Gitl
c)
Fayge
d)
Lubin
31.
What warning does Hannah provide to the wedding guests? 
a)
The groom forgot the wedding rings
b)
The men in the trucks are Nazis, and they will kill Jews.
c)
Shmuel does not love Fayge.
d)
The roof od the church is on fire.
32.
Hannah expresses to the bride, Fayge, that Shmuel is afraid of what concerning his wedding?
a)
He is afraid of being married
b)
He is afraid of getting married
c)
He is afraid he doesn't love Fayge
d)
He is afraid of dancing at the wedding
33.
The suitcases and clothes that belonged to Fayge's Grandma were thrown outside a train. This might mean that her Grandma and other villagers
a)
have been killed or unable to use them
b)
are very nearby
c)
are working for the Nazis
34.

What sort of rumors start spreading in the boxcar?

a)

About relatives and friends that have been relocated.

b)

About how people have escaped in the past

c)

Stories of the death that has come to other villages and Jews.

d)

Stories of how prayer has saved the Jewish people in the past.

35.

The simile, "They made a perfect half circle in front of the synagogue doors, like a steel trap with gaping jaws ready to be sprung." is used to describe______________.

a)

the Nazi soldiers

b)

the church

c)

the boxcar

d)

the rabbi

36.
What does the Nazi officer insist that Shmuel and his wedding guest do?
a)

Get married

b)

Go home

c)

Get in the trucks

d)

Hand over their money

37.
What has become of Fayge's mother and grandmother, Tante Sarah and Tante Devorah?
a)
They forgot about the wedding
b)
They got lost on the way to the wedding
c)
They were sent to resettlement
d)
They were sent home
38.

For what reason were Hannah and her family going to visit her grandparents?

a)

Yom Kipper

b)

Passover Seder

c)

Hanukah

d)

Thanksgiving Dinner

39.

Hannah's mother remarks that all Jewish holidays are about what?

a)

Remembering

b)

Wishing

c)

Celebrating

d)

Planning

40.

What did Hannah do for Aaron to help pass the time on their trip to see their grandparents?

a)

Made funny faces to amuse him

b)

played a card game with him

c)

told him a story

d)

helped him with his homework

41.

Who is Hannah named after?

a)

her grandmother

b)

her grandfather

c)

a dead friend of aunt rose

d)

her fathers grandmother

42.

What did Hannah do that upset Grandpa Will so much in the beginning of the book?

a)

wanted to abandon her jewish heritage

b)

drew a bunny on the wall

c)

recited some German words she had learned

d)

wrote numbers in her arm with a pen

43.

What word did Aaron have trouble pronouncing during the Second Question?

a)

Dayenu

b)

Herbs

c)

Haggadah

d)

Consecration

44.

Where did Aaron hide the afikoman?

a)

Behind the TV

b)

Under the bed

c)

In the laundry- bathroom

d)

under the couch

45.

What gift did Aaron want his grandparents to buy him?

a)

a soccer ball

b)

a baseball glove

c)

a baseball bat

d)

a football

46.

What did Hannah do with her wine when Elijah's cup was passed to her?

a)

refused to give any wine

b)

poured all her wine into it

c)

poured only a few drops into it

d)

drank from Elijah cup

47.

What did Grandpa Will argue that Hannah be allowed to do at dinner?

a)

serve the food according to the tradition

b)

drink the watered wine

c)

sit at the adults table

d)

lead the evening prayer

48.

How old is Hannah?

a)

15

b)

11

c)

12

d)

18

49.

Who is Grandpa Will?

a)

Hannah's Dad's Dad

b)

Hannah's Mom's Dad

50.

Who is Hannah closest with?

a)

Grandma Belle

b)

Aunt Eva

c)

Grandpa Will

d)

Her Mother

51.

Where did Aaron hide the afikomen?

a)

Under the bed

b)

In the dirty laundry

c)

Under Grandpa Will's Chair

d)

In a kitchen drawer

52.

Why is Hannah upset about the breakfast Gitl served?

a)

The bread was dark

b)

The milk was lumpy

c)

The coffee was black

d)

All of the above

53.

Why didn't Hannah/Chaya have any clothes of her own?

a)

She outgrew them

b)

Her mother needs to make her more

c)

They were burned

d)

They were left at her parent's house

54.

Who has Hannah become?

a)

Hannah Abromawicz

b)

Hannah Stern

c)

Chaya Abramawicz

d)

Chaya Shmuel

55.

What was so surprising about the name "Chaya" to Hannah?

a)

it was her middle name

b)

It was the name that she was given after Aunt Evas Friend

c)

it was her friends name

d)

It was her grandmas name

56.

Why does Hannah/Chaya like Shmuel so much?

a)

He reminds her of her brother Aaron

b)

He's a hard worker

c)

He's serious

d)

He talks about getting married

57.

Why do Gitl and Shmuel disregard the strange comments Hannah/Chaya says?

a)

They think she misses her family

b)

they realize that she is a child

c)

they think the she is rich

d)

They think she is very ill

58.

What language were Gitl and Shmuel speaking?

a)

English

b)

Yiddish

c)

Jewish

d)

Lublin

59.

What is Shmuel nervous about?

a)

Getting married

b)

Being married

c)

Caring for his new wife

d)

Leaving Gitl and Hannah/Chaya

60.

Hannah/Chaya's new friends think she is

a)

very ill

b)

beautiful

c)

poor

d)

rich

61.

Who is Hannah/Chaya's second best friend?

a)

Rachel

b)

Rosemary

c)

Yente

d)

Shifre

62.

Why did Yitzchak arrive early on the day of the wedding?

a)

He was bringing a wedding present

b)

He was looking forward to seeing Gitl

c)

He wanted to help out

d)

All of the above

63.

What do Hannah/Chaya's new friends call her?

a)

Hannah Chaya

b)

Lublin Chaya

c)

Chaya Hannah

d)

Chaya Lublin

64.

What talent does Hannah/Chaya have in the story?

a)

Dancing

b)

Telling jokes

c)

Singing

d)

Telling stories

65.

What happened to Chaya's parents

a)

Died from Sickness

b)

Died in a fire

c)

Moved to America

d)

Died in the Holocaust

66.

Hannah's Best Friend is

a)

Rosemary

b)

Fayge

c)

Shifre

d)

Rachel

67.

He wants to marry Gitl, be she calls him a "monster"

a)

Avrom

b)

Schmuel

c)

Yitzchak

d)

Will

68.

Who is Schmuel going to marry?

a)

Esther

b)

Donna

c)

Gitl

d)

Fayge