The Devil’s ArithmeticChapter 3

1. VocabularyWord and page # Sentence from text DefinitionDrone 13

Plague 13

Exodus 13

Yarmulke 14

Haggadah 14

Cloy 16

Afikoman 16

Matzoh 16

Guffaw 17

Earnest 18

Elijah 19

2. What did Hannah think was not fair?

3. What did Hannah get to drink that caused her mother to protest?

4. What does Grandpa Will mean when he says “a sacrifice unasked is so much the greater”?

5. When they open the door for Elijah, it is a remembrance of a time when Jews were forced to open their doors. Why?

6. When Hannah opens the door, what does she see?

Author’s CraftWhat words and phrases does the author use to let the reader know Hannah is not happy or interested in this tradition and its rituals?13

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