The Giver Ch 1-8

In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?

• He was a spy from an enemy community.

• He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time

• He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community

• He crashed his aircraft

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?

• He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary, since he is turning twelve soon

• He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels

• He likes words that begin with vowels

• His mother once used the word “apprehensive” and he admires her

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?

• Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications

• Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done

• The position holds very little honor in the society

• The society is overpopulated

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

Why is the Ceremony of Twelves so important?

• It is when the boys in the community become men and get their jobs.

• It is when all 12s (boys and girls) receive their assignments (careers).

• It is the year they get married.

• It is when boys becomes the receiver.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.2

Jonas stole an apple that he and Asher were playing with. What happened to the apple that made Jonas want to keep it?

• Asher dropped it.

• It vanished in mid-air

• Fiona gave it to them.

• It changed.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which of the following is a time when release is a celebration?

• when it is for the Old

• when someone must apologize

• when it is for a newchild

• when it is for a birthday

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

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

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?

• Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine

• Children are not allowed to date

• Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community

• The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What was Jonas to be selected for? 

• Birthmother
• The Giver
• Receiver of Memory
• Receiver of the Released

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What happened to birth mothers after 3 years or 3 births?

• They were trained in the military

• They were granted a vacation

• They became laborers

• They retired to a life of luxury