Q 01/05

In The Devil's Arithmetic, which relative at Hannah's Seder table turns out to have been her camp friend Rivka?

A) Aunt Rose

B) Aunt Eva

C) Grandma Belle

D) Hannah's mother

Answer · why

B) Aunt Eva

Aunt Eva carries the same tattooed number as Rivka, which is how Hannah recognises her. She took a new name after reaching America.

Q 02/05

In The Devil's Arithmetic, which fairy tale do the villagers think Hannah is muddling when she warns them of ovens?

A) Hansel and Gretel

B) Rumpelstiltskin

C) Jack and the Beanstalk

D) Beauty and the Beast

Answer · why

A) Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel is a story Hannah had told her new friends, so they assume she has confused its witch's oven with real ones. Her true warning sounds...

Q 03/05

In The Devil's Arithmetic, which prophet is Hannah welcoming when she opens the apartment door at the Seder?

A) Moses

B) Isaiah

C) Elijah

D) Ezekiel

Answer · why

C) Elijah

Elijah is the prophet a Seder door is opened for, in the hope that he will visit. Hannah finds a field in wartime Poland where the hallway should be.

Q 04/05

In The Devil's Arithmetic, which science-fiction film does Hannah retell to the girls walking to the wedding?

A) Blade Runner

B) Superman

C) Close Encounters

D) Star Wars

Answer · why

D) Star Wars

Star Wars is one of the plots Hannah spins for girls her own age, who hang on every word. Never popular before, she discovers that she is a born story...

Q 05/05

In The Devil's Arithmetic, what does Hannah take from Rivka and put on so that the guard leads her away instead?

A) Her kerchief

B) Her overcoat

C) Her wooden shoes

D) Her apron

Answer · why

A) Her kerchief

Her kerchief is all it takes, because the new guard has not learned the girls' faces. Hannah tells Rivka to run, then walks on in her place.