The Devil’s Arithmetic Quizzes

The Devil's Arithmetic Quiz 1

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

Queens

New Jersey

Brooklyn
2 For what reason were Hannah and her family going to visit her grandparents?
Passover Seder

Hanukkah

Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashanah
3 Hannah's mother remarks that all Jewish holidays are about what?
Remembering

Celebrating

Planning

Wishing
4 What did Aaron do during the trip to see his grandparents?
Sang a song he learned in school.

Played loudly with his toys.

Complained that he felt sick.

Cried about seeing relatives.
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.

Played a card game with him.

Told him a story.

Helped him with his homework.
6 What was Aaron expected to do at his grandparent's place?
Sing a song of religious importance.

Find a piece of matzo bread.

Recite the story of the Exodus.

Ask the Four Questions.
7 What did Hannah do to Aaron on their way to see their grandparents that angered her parents?
Teased him about his looks.

Took away his favorite book.

Tickled him mercilessly.

Called him insulting names.
8 What did Hannah do after Aunt Rose kissed her?
Told her she was too old for that

Asked her not to do that anymore

Made a disgusted face

Ran to the bathroom
9 Who is Hannah named after?
A dead friend of Aunt Rose's

Her father's grandmother

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 a war breaking out in Europe.

News of riots in American cities.
11 What did Hannah do after Aaron's I[bris] that upset Grandpa Will so much?
Drew a swastika on the wall in the living room

Recited some German words she had learned.

Wanted to abandon her Jewish heritage.

Scrawled numbers into her arm with a pen
12 What did Hannah feel was the most special part of the Passover Seder for her?
When the I[afikoman] was hidden by the children.

When Aunt Eva lit the candles and recited a prayer

When Grandpa Dan told funny stories of his past.

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

Dayenu

consecration

Haggadah
14 What did Grandpa Will argue that Hannah be allowed to do at dinner?
Drink the watered wine

Sit at the adult's table

Lead the evening prayer

Serve the food according to tradition
15 Where did Aaron hide the I[afikoman]?
Behind the TV

In the laundry

Under the couch

Under the bed
16 Where did Aunt Eva say Hannah used to hide the I[afikoman] when she was young?
Under Grandma Belle's pillow

Under Grandpa Will's chair

In Grandpa Dan's coat

In Aunt Eva's kitchen apron
17 What gift did Aaron want his grandparents to buy him?
A soccer ball

A baseball glove

A baseball bat

A football
18 What did Hannah do with her wine when Elijah's cup was passed to her?
Poured only a few drops into it

Poured all her wine into it

Drank from Elijah's cup

Refused to part with any wine
19 What happened when Hannah opened the door for the prophet Elijah?
She woke from what was a bad dream.

She became dizzy and passed out.

She was transported to another time and place.

A strange man was in the hallway.
20 By what name did Gitl call Hannah?
Hannah

Yetl

Rachel

Chaya
21 What is Yitzchak's profession?
Landlord

Butcher

Banker

Tailor
22 What did Hannah realize she was able to do as Chaya?
Teleport to any time or place

See visions of the future

Speak and understand Yiddish

Read the minds of other people
23 How did Chaya's parents die?
Murdered by soldiers

Consumed by a fever and illness

Became trapped in a house fire

Involved in a terrible accident
24 What was Shmuel whistling when he approached the house?
Ma Nishtana

Chad Gadya

Dayenu

Echad Mi Yodea
25 Who wants to marry Gitl?
Reuven

Avrom Morowicz

Yitzchak

Tziporrah

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The first thing the Nazi officer tells them to do after they leave the trucks is to "lie down".

".. . lie down" was all she heard.
"What? Here? On the ground?" someone cried out.
"Of course, Jew," came the officer's voice. "And then my men will...

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What government policy did the villagers enforce?

The villagers enforced the government policy that all Jews were to be relocated.

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How did the Rabbi interpret the sign over gate leading into the camp?

From the text:

A wrought iron gate stood in front of the buildings, and over the gate was a sign proclaiming in large black letters: ARBEIT MACHT FREI. Several of the villagers whispered the words, but the rabbi, his hand up to his eyes, strained...

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The Devil's Arithmetic

by Jane Yolen

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