The Devil's Arithmetic

STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

Chapters 8-12

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1. Why doesn't Fayge enjoy the "Sherle" wedding music and dance?

2. How does Fayge treat Hannah (Chaya) her soon-to-be-niece?

3. Tell what the wedding party sees upon gaining an open view of the village?

4. How does Hannah singularly figure out what is happening?

5. What does Hannah tell the rabbi to try to get him to turn back? How does he respond?

6. In what manner did the intruders stop the procession from entering the synagogue?

7. What information do the Nazi officers give the group of villagers?

8. How does the rabbi try to calm the group?

9. How do the truckloads of Jews attempt to calm their fears on the way to resettlement?

10. What is the first thing the Jews notice upon their arrival at the train station?

11. After getting out of the trucks, what does the Nazi officer demand the villagers to do first?

12. Upon rising from lying on the ground, what are they made to do next?

13. Describe the conditions of the boxcars and the length of time in them?

14. What message adorned the iron gates of the camp?

15. Why is Hannah made to surrender her blue hair ribbons?

16. What does the women guard in the blue dress tell them to do first?

17. Why doesn’t Hannah say anymore about what she remembers about the showers?

18. After her hair is shorn from her head, what does Hannah realize?

19. What command does Hannah impose upon herself to numb the shock?

20. After their heads are shaved and the survive the cold showers, where are they next sent?

21. What distressing information does the man who tattoos Hannah give her?

For doing your reading assignment questions 2,3, 7, 8, 10,13, 16, 20, and 21 are the only ones on the quiz. Now finish reading.

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