“Do you think it strange, little Chaya, that I—Shmuel
Abramowicz—with an arm like a tree and, as Gitl says, a head like a stone…”
What is a simile
100
The youngest child of the man who brings a gift to wedding
What is Reuven
100
Fayge's feeling about doing the wedding dance (the Sherele)
What is she thinks it is gloomy, doesn't like it for such a happy event
100
Bissel
What is ' a little' or piece by piece
100
What the Nazis say to the villagers at the shul
What is 'they must get in the trucks' 'they are being resettled'
200
“Hannah looked down at the table, embarrassed by the butcher’s compliments, and Gitl reached over in front of her and took the coffeepot up, placing it down again with a
solid thwack in front of Yitzchak.”
What is onomatopoeia
200
Father of Fayge; Rabbi in charge of community
Who is Rabbi Boruch
200
What the badchan calls the Nazis when they approach the village
What is the Angel of Death
200
shul
What is a synagogue
200
What Gitl thinks of Hannah talk about Nazis and death
What is 'it is nonsense' 'tall tales' 'stories she makes up with too much imagination'
300
“He’d laughed at them and Hannah had thought she’d die on the spot.”
What is hyperbole
300
The oldest child of the man who brought a gift to wedding
Who is Tzipporah
300
What the wedding party sees went they approach the village
What is trucks and automobiles (Nazis)
300
shtetl
What is a small village
300
The fate of Fayge's grandmother, mother
What is 'they had already been resettled by the Nazis'
400
“He stood up slowly, unfolding
like some kind of long-legged bird,
and danced away to the next group
of villagers.”
What is simile
400
The fortune teller' admires Hannah's wisdom
Who is the badchan
400
Hannah says this to the rabbi as they approach the village
What is "turn the wagons back" "six million Jews will die" or "don't ask me how I know, I just do"
400
klezmer
What is a musician
400
How Hannah is able to determine what is really happening
What is 'she remembers a TV program - the ones that made her grandfather so crazy' pg 70
500
“He was like a court jester. Only instead of wearing one of those colourful caps with bells, he wore a black hat like the other men, and the bottom of his coat danced
along with his every move.”
What is simile and personification
500
He has beard, black hair; plans to marry Fayge; brother to Gitl; uncle to Chaya
Who is Shmuel
500
The year Fayge tells Hannah it is (Jewish calendar)