The Devil's Arithmetic, Ch. 13-Epilogue Review

Aunt Eva's name in the past was

• Chaya

• Rivka

• Rachel

• Shifre

Grandpa Will's name in the past was

• Wolfe

• Rabbi Boruch

• Shmuel

• Knesset

In the concentration camp the word "processed" meant

• admitted

• served

• cremated

• shaved

In the concentration camp the word "chosen" meant

• given clothes

• given job

• killed

• shaved

In the concentration camp crematorium was called

• Lilith's Cave

• Hitler's Cave

• Smoke House

• Produce Factory

• Death Sentence

Kaddish is the Jewish

• prayer for the dead

• ceremonial bread

• religious book

• religious holiday

• wedding song

The corpses were referred to as "rags", which is ______ in Yiddish.

• schnell

• shtetl

• schmattes

• shul

Reuven (Yitschak's son) died because

• Commandant Breuer sent him to die.

• he was run over by Commandant Breuer's car.

• he starved to death.

• he caught a disease.

The blokova's fingers were cut off when

• she lost control of the zugangi.

• the infection in her hands became not treatable.

• she disobeyed orders from Nazis.

• she tried to escape the concentration camp.

Why were Shfire, Rivka, and Esther chosen to enter Lilith's Cave?

• The guard needed three more Jews to make up a full load to be efficient.

• The three girls were too weak to work.

• The three girls tried to escape the concentration camp.

• The three girls disobeyed Nazis orders.