WorksheetsThe Devil’s Arithmetic CH 13 & 14
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 39mins
Why doesn't Gitl want Hannah to touch Tzipporah when waking her?
Gitl knew Tzipporah was dead, and didn't want to realize it.
Gitl wanted Tzipporah to sleep longer.
Tzipporah was sick, she needed more sleep.
Gitl was going to wave the fly away.
Why are the bowls the prisoners are given so important?
The bowls are their "everything," they need them for food and water.
They need their bowls to get water.
The prisoners have to pay a lot of money for their bowls.
The bowls are made of gold.
When Gitl tries to leave the barracks to find something to eat for the children, what does the young soldier tell her?
That is Jew smoke.
Learn to eat when it's given to you.
They will get used to it.
All of the above.
When Hannah tries to brush the fly away from Tzipporah the next morning,
She finds out that Tzipporah died in her sleep.
Gitl turns away and cries.
the barracks guard tells her to leave her alone.
none of the above.
Rivka tells the newcomers to use their Every Bowl for
Washing
Eating
Drinking
All of these
The Nazi commander tells the newcomers that they will
never complain.
be given small privileges.
be given one attempt to escape.
recite the Fatherland pledge daily at roll call.
True or False: All of Rivka's family has been sent to the ovens since their arrival a year ago.
True
False
Select which rule Rivka says is the most important rule of survival in the camp.
Help the little ones hide in the midden.
Organize.
Learn to read other prisoners' numbers.
Do not ask why.
The night Rivka shares the rules for survival at camp Hannah dreams of
the gas ovens and Lilith's cave.
a schoolyard scene where she is an outcast.
her stern family in New Rochelle.
a wonderful feast of roast beef and herbs.
The signal for the young children to hide in the midden when the commandant is coming is
a clucking sound made by placing the tongue against the roof of the mouth.
a sudden clapping of the hands twice.
a ringing of the camp bell three times.
none of these.
Which word means consisting of very little; or not enough?
preamble
raucous
meager
arbitrary
What does preamble mean?
Harsh, rough, and raspy.
meaningless, illogical or unsupported.
an introductory statement or introduction
polished to be smooth and bright.
Which word means Harsh, rough, and raspy?
Meager
Preamble
Arbitrary
Raucous
What does arbitrary mean?
Meaningless, illogical, or unsupported.
Bright and shining.
Polished to be smooth and bright.
Rough and raspy.
Which word means bright and shining?
Meager
Raucous
Luminous
Burnished
What does burnished mean?
Meaningless, illogical or unsupported.
Polished to be smooth and bright.
Consisting of very little/not enough.
Bright and shining.
What does Hannah consider doing to the German leader that worked on her teacher back home?
Talk back
Cry
Smile
Hide
What stopped Hannah from smiling at the German leader?
He slapped her
The memory of Tzipporah being dead
Gitl pinched her as a warning
He slapped another girl who smiled at him
