The Devil’s Arithmetic Final Test Study Guide



The Devil’s Arithmetic Final Test Study Guide

Know who the following characters are and what their role in the story is.:

Rivka

Chaya

Hannah

Gitl

Rachel

Tzipporah

Wolfe

Shmuel

Fayge

Reuven

• What happened to Rachel while being transported from the village to the concentration camp?

• What horrible things were done to the women on their first day?

• What did Rivka mean when she said she “organized” things?

• Why did the children take their clothes off before they went into the midden?

• What did it mean that the new prisoners were sent to processing?

• What did the commandant mean when he said that all children belong with their mothers, and he would make sure that Reuven would be with his?

• What does ARBEIT MACHT FREI mean?

• What does Chaya’s name mean?

• What are prisoners who choose to give up and determine life is not worth fighting for called?

• The guard had to pick three Jews to make up a full load to go to the oven. Who did he choose?

• Who is Aunt Eva in the camp?

• What did Hannah/Chaya find when she walked into Lilith’s Cave to be processed?

• Why was Hannah/Chaya so afraid to go into the showers?

• What word were the prisoners told that they better know and understand quickly?

• Who was the blokova?

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