The Devil’s Arithmetic Quizzes

The Devil's Arithmetic Quiz 1

1 Where were Hannah and her family going to visit her grandparents?
Queens

Brooklyn

The Bronx

New Jersey
2 For what reason were Hannah and her family going to visit her grandparents?
Rosh Hashanah

Hanukkah

Yom Kippur

Passover Seder
3 Hannah's mother remarks that all Jewish holidays are about what?
Planning

Celebrating

Wishing

Remembering
4 What did Aaron do during the trip to see his grandparents?
Cried about seeing relatives.

Complained that he felt sick.

Sang a song he learned in school.

Played loudly with his toys.
5 What did Hannah do for Aaron to help pass the time on their trip to see their grandparents?
Made funny faces to amuse him.

Helped him with his homework.

Played a card game with him.

Told him a story.
6 What was Aaron expected to do at his grandparent's place?
Ask the Four Questions.

Recite the story of the Exodus.

Find a piece of matzo bread.

Sing a song of religious importance.
7 What did Hannah do to Aaron on their way to see their grandparents that angered her parents?
Tickled him mercilessly.

Called him insulting names.

Took away his favorite book.

Teased him about his looks.
8 What did Hannah do after Aunt Rose kissed her?
Ran to the bathroom

Asked her not to do that anymore

Made a disgusted face

Told her she was too old for that
9 Who is Hannah named after?
Her father's grandmother

A dead friend of Aunt Rose's

Her grandfather

Her grandmother
10 What was playing on the TV that upset Grandpa Will so much?
An old film starring Humphrey Bogart.

Images of the Nazi regime.

News of riots in American cities.

News of a war breaking out in Europe.
11 What did Hannah do after Aaron's I[bris] that upset Grandpa Will so much?
Scrawled numbers into her arm with a pen

Drew a swastika on the wall in the living room

Recited some German words she had learned.

Wanted to abandon her Jewish heritage.
12 What did Hannah feel was the most special part of the Passover Seder for her?
When Grandpa Dan told funny stories of his past.

When Aunt Eva lit the candles and recited a prayer

When the I[afikoman] was hidden by the children.

When the family sat down together to eat.
13 What word did Aaron have trouble pronouncing during the Second Question?
Dayenu

herbs

consecration

Haggadah
14 What did Grandpa Will argue that Hannah be allowed to do at dinner?
Lead the evening prayer

Sit at the adult's table

Serve the food according to tradition

Drink the watered wine
15 Where did Aaron hide the I[afikoman]?
In the laundry

Under the couch

Under the bed

Behind the TV
16 Where did Aunt Eva say Hannah used to hide the I[afikoman] when she was young?
In Grandpa Dan's coat

Under Grandpa Will's chair

In Aunt Eva's kitchen apron

Under Grandma Belle's pillow
17 What gift did Aaron want his grandparents to buy him?
A soccer ball

A football

A baseball glove

A baseball bat
18 What did Hannah do with her wine when Elijah's cup was passed to her?
Poured all her wine into it

Refused to part with any wine

Drank from Elijah's cup

Poured only a few drops into it
19 What happened when Hannah opened the door for the prophet Elijah?
A strange man was in the hallway.

She became dizzy and passed out.

She was transported to another time and place.

She woke from what was a bad dream.
20 By what name did Gitl call Hannah?
Yetl

Hannah

Chaya

Rachel
21 What is Yitzchak's profession?
Landlord

Banker

Tailor

Butcher
22 What did Hannah realize she was able to do as Chaya?
Read the minds of other people

See visions of the future

Speak and understand Yiddish

Teleport to any time or place
23 How did Chaya's parents die?
Became trapped in a house fire

Murdered by soldiers

Involved in a terrible accident

Consumed by a fever and illness
24 What was Shmuel whistling when he approached the house?
Chad Gadya

Echad Mi Yodea

Ma Nishtana

Dayenu
25 Who wants to marry Gitl?
Avrom Morowicz

Reuven

Yitzchak

Tziporrah

When the villagers arrived at the train station, what did they find scattered there?

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There were piles of things spread out along the tracks, as if they had been dropped by a fleeing army. Hannah saw suitcases and carpetbags, some carefully packed and some with their contents spilling out. Dresses and shawls were...

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Pick 2 important events from Chapter 9

In Chapter Nine, Rabbi Boruch, Shmuel, and another man whom Hannah does not know approach the Nazi colonel. A tense conversation ensues but Hannah is not close enough to hear it. When it is over, Reb Boruch announces that the soldiers are there to...

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Where was Shmuel's wedding?

The wedding was supposed to take place in Fayge's village, Viosk, but the soldiers were already present in the village and took the wedding party away before the ceremony could take place.

"Wait, wait," Shmuel said. His voice was soft but his face...

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The Devil's Arithmetic

by Jane Yolen

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