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Reading Questions #3                        What is the problem or conflict of the book?

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Reading Questions #3                        What is the problem or conflict of the book?

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The problem is that Chaya's family got dragged to the concentration camps and is trying to survive the harsh conditions with a help from a few friends they've made.

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Reading Questions #2                    Who are some secondary characters and why are they important to the story?

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Reading Questions #2                    Who are some secondary characters and why are they important to the story?

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Some secondary characters are Rivka, Gitl and Shifre. Rivka is Shifre and Chaya's friend at the camp and teaches them about many important rules and tips to know. Gitl is Chaya's aunt and takes care of Chaya. Shifre, is Chaya's friend.

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Reading Questions #1                     Who is your main character? How would you describe him/her?

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Reading Questions #1                     Who is your main character? How would you describe him/her?

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My main character in the book, The Devil's Arithmetic, is Chaya, or Hannah. Chaya is her Jewish name and Hannah is her American name. I would describe Chaya as stubborn, I say that because she never does anything right away if she doesn't agree with it.

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Reading Reaction: How would the people smuggling the shoes or medicine in bring all that stuff in without the Nazi's noticing?

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Reading Reactions: There were many words mentioned. I do not know which language it is in: German, Yiddish or Hebrew.

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Reading Reaction: I was as surprised because Rivka, being only 10 years old, knew everything about the camp. She knew more than adults!

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Reading Reaction: I was feeling really sad when the tattoo artist recognized the dress Chaya was wearing as his own daughter's dress.

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Reading Reaction: Why would a prisoner that wasn't a Jew, treat Chaya and her family like that? Shouldn't they be focused on helping each other survive?

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Reading Reaction: I found it a bit strange that Chayaleh just forgot some memories from the "future". How do you do that?

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Reading Reaction: Chayaleh seemed so still during the duration of her shipment to the Nazi camp. I would be screaming and crying because I know what is going to happen to me and my family. :(

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Reading Reaction: If Chayaleh was telling me that we have to run away because they were going to kill us, I would believe her and run away. Not face the Nazis.

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Reading Reaction: How was everyone so calm when they saw the Nazi's hovering over their homes? Especially since their Jews, wouldn't they be petrified?? If I were Jew, I would be so scared.

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Reading Reaction: Why were Chaya's new friends so amused with all the stories Chaya was telling them? Didn't they know bits and pieces of the story in Poland? I think that they should've known so parts to the storied because I don't think the Poland was so backwards at the time.

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Reading Reaction: I found it a bit odd that back in the 1940's only boys could go to school in Poland and girls couldn't.  I also thought it was a bit strange that girls couldn't marry for love, I thought that ended a long time before that.

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Reading reaction: In the beginning of the book, Hannah was kind of rude to her parents and grandparents and she took too many things for grantedso I didn't like her at all.

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SETTING: Polish Shtel in a Jewish Village.  (Found in the inside flapjacket)