The Devil's Arithmetic Ch. 11-15

How many days did it take for Hannah's group to arrive at the camp?

• Two

• Five

• Seven

• Four

What is the translation of the words ARBEWIT MACH FREI at the entrance of the camp?

• Work makes you strong.

• Work makes you weak.

• Work makes you cry.

• Work makes you free.

When does Hannah decide to quit trying to tell the others about the future?

• On the train.

• In the trucks.

• When they are getting undressed for the "showers".

• When they cut her hair.

When Rifka tells Chaya that she "organized" shoes and sweaters for them, what does she mean?

• She was in charge of supplies and she assigned them to the girls.

• She knew how to find the resources to share.

• She is a supervisor and that is her job.

• She stole them.

When Hannah tries to brush the fly away from Tzipporah the next morning,

• She finds out that Tzipporah died in her sleep.

• Gitl turns away and cries.

• the barracks guard tells her to leave her alone.

• none of the above.

The signal for the young children to hide in the midden when the commandant is coming is

• a clucking sound made by placing the tongue against the roof of the mouth.

• a sudden clapping of the hands twice.

• a ringing of the camp bell three times.

• none of these.

Hannah's camp job is to

• haul water in large buckets.

• spoon out the meager meals to the prisoners.

• scrub the walls, floors, and cauldrons.

• all of these.

The Devil's Arithmetic is

• the number of new Jews that arrive every day at the camp.

• the adding and subtracting of the processed and those that are left; one more day alive.

• the difference between the amount of food served and the amount left to clean up.

• all of these.

In the concentration camp the word "processed" meant

• admitted

• served

• cremated

• shaved

Why was Hannah afraid of the showers?

• She was embarrassed.

• She thought they were gas ovens.

• She didn't trust the Germans.

• She thought she might get sick.