The Devil’s Arithmetic Quizzes

The Devil's Arithmetic Quiz 1

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

New Jersey

The Bronx

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

Hanukkah

Passover Seder

Yom Kippur
3 Hannah's mother remarks that all Jewish holidays are about what?
Wishing

Celebrating

Planning

Remembering
4 What did Aaron do during the trip to see his grandparents?
Played loudly with his toys.

Sang a song he learned in school.

Cried about seeing relatives.

Complained that he felt sick.
5 What did Hannah do for Aaron to help pass the time on their trip to see their grandparents?
Helped him with his homework.

Told him a story.

Played a card game with him.

Made funny faces to amuse him.
6 What was Aaron expected to do at his grandparent's place?
Ask the Four Questions.

Find a piece of matzo bread.

Recite the story of the Exodus.

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.

Teased him about his looks.

Took away his favorite book.

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

Ran to the bathroom

Made a disgusted face
9 Who is Hannah named after?
Her grandmother

Her father's grandmother

A dead friend of Aunt Rose's

Her grandfather
10 What was playing on the TV that upset Grandpa Will so much?
News of riots in American cities.

Images of the Nazi regime.

An old film starring Humphrey Bogart.

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

Recited some German words she had learned.

Drew a swastika on the wall in the living room

Wanted to abandon her Jewish heritage.
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 Grandpa Dan told funny stories of his past.

When Aunt Eva lit the candles and recited a prayer

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

Haggadah

Dayenu

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

Sit at the adult's table

Drink the watered wine

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

Behind the TV

In the laundry

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

In Grandpa Dan's coat

Under Grandpa Will's chair

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

A baseball bat

A baseball glove

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

Refused to part with any wine

Drank from Elijah's cup

Poured all her wine into it
19 What happened when Hannah opened the door for the prophet Elijah?
A strange man was in the hallway.

She woke from what was a bad dream.

She became dizzy and passed out.

She was transported to another time and place.
20 By what name did Gitl call Hannah?
Hannah

Rachel

Yetl

Chaya
21 What is Yitzchak's profession?
Banker

Butcher

Landlord

Tailor
22 What did Hannah realize she was able to do as Chaya?
See visions of the future

Teleport to any time or place

Speak and understand Yiddish

Read the minds of other people
23 How did Chaya's parents die?
Involved in a terrible accident

Became trapped in a house fire

Consumed by a fever and illness

Murdered by soldiers
24 What was Shmuel whistling when he approached the house?
Echad Mi Yodea

Chad Gadya

Ma Nishtana

Dayenu
25 Who wants to marry Gitl?
Avrom Morowicz

Reuven

Yitzchak

Tziporrah

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?

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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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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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The Devil's Arithmetic

by Jane Yolen

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