The Giver Chapters 1-8

What is Jonas's father's role in the community?

• A Nurturer
• A member of the Department of Justice
• The Giver
• Pilot

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What's Jonas's mother's role in the community?

• A member of the Department of Justice
• A Nurturer
• A birthmother
• A Teacher

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.W.6.9A

What is wrong with one of the newborns in the community?

• He is not growing fast enough.
• He is not eating.
• He is not breathing well.
• He does not cry.

What is the ritual they have as a family every evening?

• Telling of feelings
• Praying before dinner.
• Watching the news.
• Playing board games.

What are the two occasions when "release" is not a punishment?

• The physically and mentally handicapped.
• The elderly and a newchild.
• The unintelligent and defiant.
• The self-centered and conceited.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What was so different about the newchild? 

• He had dark hair like Lily.
• He had pale eyes like Jonas. 
• He had a birthmark on his arm.
• He had one pale eye and one dark eye.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What was it about the apple that concerned Jonas? 

• It was bruised.
• The appearance of it changed. 
• It disappeared.
• It was rotten.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Fours, fives, and sixes had to wear jackets that were buttoned down their backs. What did it teach them? 

• Respect
• Character
• Virtue
• Interdependence

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CCSS.RL.6.2

Nines got their first bicycle. What did that represent? 

• Moving at their own speed and not relying on others for transportation
• Moving gradually out to the community, away from the protective family unit 
• Making cyclical decisions to enhance their thinking skills.
• It represented the family unit falling apart after the youngest became mobile.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

Lily went through the Eights ceremony. What did the pockets on her jacket represent?  

• She was old enough to keep track of her own things 
• She was able to put her hands in her pocket when she walked.
• She was given material possessions.
• She was not allowed to show her hands in public anymore.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A