Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Last of Devil's Arithmetic: Chapters 18 & 19 and the Epilogue

Today we discussed Chapters 16 & 17.

Next we you began on your homework:
Chapters 18-19 and the Epilogue (the questions are below).  I will collect Chapters 15-Epilogue tomorrow.
Chapter 18

  • Commandant Breuer has gathered 5 men.  Why?  Whom does Chaya recognize?
  • What “extras” does Breuer say his “pets” receive that other transports to not receive?
  • What does Fayge shout to Shmuel?
  • Summarize what Hannah tell the other girls about the future?  Include the message Hannah wants them to remember.
  • The 4 girls are divided.  3 of them go one way and the last one goes away by herself.  Where do the 3 go?  Who leads them and what does she start to tell them?  Who goes away on her own?
Chapter 19
  • Hannah opens her eyes and sees...?
  • Hannah sits next to Aunt Eva at the table.  What does Hannah stare at?  Summarize the conversation between Hannah and Aunt Eva.  What is Hannah’s last line?
EPILOGUE
  • The epilogue is created to give us, the readers, an answer to some of the questions we are left with in the story.
    • What did Chaya do for Rivka?
    • What happened to Gitl and Yitzchak?  What important positions did Gitl and Yitzchak take on after being in the camps?