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THE DEVILS ARITHMETIC FINAL NOVEL TEST

PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Fill in the circle on your scantron that is the best answer to the question.
1. Grandpa Will is named _____________while he lived in Europe.
A. Will
C. Abraham
B. Wolfe
D. None of the above
2. The children are to hide in the ___________when the Commandant appears.
A. midden
C. kitchen
B. barracks
D. hospital
3. What is the role of the shadchan in the shtetl?
A. matchmaker
C. entertain people/jester
B. play music
D. guard the shul
4. What is the role of the badchan in the shtetl?
A. matchmaker
C. entertain people/jester
B. play music
D. guard the shul
5. Hannah is confused when Fayge tells her that it is the year 5701, which is __________.
A. 1942
C. 1952
B. 1943
D. 1953
6. Hannah is amazed that she understands the __________conversation.
A. German
C. humorous
B. Yiddish
D. adult
7. Who dies in her sleep due to starvation?
A. Fayge
C. Tzipporah
B. Esther
D. Gitl
8. Hannah is from ____________, New York.
A. Bronx
C. New York City
B. New Rochelle
D. None of the above
9. Hannah is known as Chaya from ______________.
A. Viosk
C. Bronx
B. Lublin
D. Warsaw
10. Who is the village butcher?
A. Shmuel
C. Yitzchak
B. Reb Boruch
D. badchan
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11. Below are Rivkas rules for survival. Select the answer that is not a rule she gives Chaya and the other
villagers.
A. Do not befriend a Greek
C. Never asK why
B. Be friends with the lower numbered camp members
D. Dont speak Yiddish

12. What is the Devils Arithmetic novels theme?

A. Resilience
C. Acceptance
B. The importance of remembering
D. All of the answer options: A, B, C.
13. What word is repeated throughout the novel?
A. remember
C. food
B. hate
D. strong

14. Who had trouble breathing, and this ultimately led to her death in the boxcar?
A. Yente
C. Esther
B. Shifre
D. Rachel

15. What message did Chaya/Hannah tell her friends they must carry from this place [the concentration
camp] if they survived?
A. Dont give up
C. Follow Rivkas rules
B. Help one another
D. To remember in order to help make the future better
16. What was the name of Gitls adoption agency, the finest in the Mideast?
A. CHAYA
C. Holocaust Survivors United
B. Remember
D Stay Resilient

17. Why did Aunt Eva and Grandpa Will change their names when they came to America?
A.
B.

They never liked their names

They were too hard to pronounce in America

C. To forget because remembering was too painful

D. They didnt want anyone to know they came from Europe

18. The character, Commandant Breur, represents which real life person who was a Nazi doctor?
A. Adolf Hitler
C. Dr. Mengele
B. George Washington
D. President Obama
19. Who is the character Jane Yolen uses to foreshadow elements of the storys plot?
A. The badchan
C. Yitzchak
B. The shadchan
D. Wolfe

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20. Who is the character who wasnt Jewish but was a prisoner in the concentration camp who gave out
commands to the newcomers?
A. The tattoo-giver
C. The blokova
B. Rivka
D. Commandant Breur
PART II. TRUE OR FALSE
Fill in circle A if the statement is true, or fill in circle B if the statement is false.
A= True

B= False

21. Fayge is killed while attempting to escape from the camp.

22. The villagers are taken for resettlement on Shmuel and Fayges wedding day.
23. Yitzchak, Gitl, and Shifre are all camp survivors.
24. Hannah recognizes Aunt Evas tattoo number because it is the same number as Rivkas.
25. Gitl feels responsible for the death of Reuven.
26. To organize means to get something by stealing or bribery.
27. Arbeit Macht Frei means work makes (will set you) free.
PART III. QUOTES
Fill in the circle on your scantron that shows the character who said the quote.
28. Promise me that you will cry no more before these monsters. We will never cry again.
A. Grandpa Will
B. Gitl C. Rivka
D. badchan
29. I am tired of remembering.
A. Gitl B. Shmuel
C. Rosemary

D. Hannah

30. That is my daughters dress you are wearing, Chaya Abramowicz. My Chaya. I brought it as a gift
for her in Lublin.
A. Prisoner-giving tattoo
B. Shmuel
C. Chaya
D. Reb Boruch
31. The snake smiles but shows no teeth.
A. shadchan
B. Chaya
C. Gitl

D. badchan

32. My lower number tells you I can organize things.

A. Reb Boruch B. Gitl C. Rachel
D. Rivka
33. Being married doesnt bother me. But getting married-that frightens me.
A. Shmuel
B. Fayge
C. Yitzchak
D. Breuer
34. Run for your life, Rivka. Run for your future. Run. Run. Run
A. Rivka
B. Chaya
C. Gitl
D. Shifre
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35. A boy your age should be with his mother. So I shall be sure you go to her.
A. Commandant
B. Soldier
C. prisoner
D. hospital worker

PART IV. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Identify the type of figurative language used. You may use it more than once.
A. metaphor

B. personification

C. onomatopoeia D. alliteration

36. ________What a strange little bird you are indeed, who has found her way into our nest.
37. _______Around the commandants house, bright flowers were teased by the wind.
38. ________Your words will fly up to heaven and call down the Angel of Death, Liliths bridegroom, with
his poisoned sword.
39. _________Gitl reached over in front of her and took the coffeepot up, placing it down again with a
solid Thwack! in front of Yitzchak.
40. _________Hannah could feel the woman shaking with silent sobs.
PART V. VOCABULARY MATCHING
Match the term or phrase with the correct corresponding letter.
41. ______schnell
A. angel of death
42. ______malach ha-mavis
B. newcomers
43. ______musselmen
C. village
44. ______zugangi
D. quick, hurry
45. ______shtetl
E. prisoners that gave up hope
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46. _____Chaya
A. matchmaker
47. _____shadchan
B. entertainer, fortune teller
48. _____sonderkommando
C. synagogue
49. _____shul
D. carry bodies to cremation
50. _____badchan
E. means life

PART VI. NUMBER MEANING

51.

J197241 is __________s number.

A. Tzipporah B.Yitzchak
C. Chaya

D. Rivka

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Use the letters below to complete the meaning of the number.

A. I am alone

B. Days of the week I live

D. Gitl and Shmuel

E. No, I will not die

52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.

C. Family in New Rochelle

J=Jew
1=___________________
9=___________________
7= ___________________
2=___________________
4=___________________
1= I am alone

PART VII. PLEASE COMPLETE THE VENN DIAGRAM

Compare and contrast Chaya and Hannah.
CHAYA
Chaya

Hannah

1_____________________________
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1_____________________________
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2_____________________________
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2_____________________________
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3_____________________________
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3_____________________________
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BOTH
1________________________________
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2________________________________
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3________________________________
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