
The Giver - Chapter 5
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8th Grade
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This quiz focuses on Chapter 5 of Lois Lowry's dystopian novel "The Giver" and is designed for 8th grade students studying literature. The questions center on a pivotal chapter where Jonas experiences his first "stirrings" - the community's term for sexual awakening - and learns about the mandatory suppression of these natural feelings through daily pills. Students need to demonstrate reading comprehension skills including recall of specific details, understanding of character motivation, and analysis of the society's control mechanisms. The core concepts require students to grasp the significance of Jonas's transition into adolescence, the family's morning ritual of sharing dreams and feelings, and the dystopian society's systematic suppression of human sexuality and emotions. Students must understand how this chapter reveals the community's control over its citizens' most basic human experiences and Jonas's growing awareness that something fundamental is being taken away from him. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying 8th grade literature. The assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a reading comprehension check after students complete Chapter 5, a discussion starter for exploring themes of control and conformity, or a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to subsequent chapters. Teachers can use this quiz as a warm-up activity to begin class discussions about Jonas's character development, assign it as homework to reinforce reading accountability, or incorporate it into review sessions before unit tests. The questions align with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 for citing textual evidence and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 for analyzing how dialogue and incidents propel action and reveal character aspects. This type of detailed chapter analysis helps students develop close reading skills essential for understanding complex dystopian literature and prepares them for deeper thematic discussions about individual freedom versus societal control.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the morning ritual for Jonas’s family?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What dream did Jonas tell his family he had?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The mother had an explanation for the dream. What was it?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the treatment for Jonas's feelings?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who all has to take these pills?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How long does one have to take these pills?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Jonas feel about taking the pills?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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