The Giver Chapters 1-10

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.

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.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

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.8.1

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.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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.8.1

If you wanted to leave the community, where would you go?  

• To Elsewhere, to be released 
• To another community across the river.
• To the lake of fire.
• To the never-ending staircase where you walked for eternity.

Jonas had not actually been assigned, but he was ______________.  

• isolated
• left out
• bullied
• selected

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was Jonas to be selected for? 

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

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CCSS.RL.5.1

During their training, the Receiver of Memory must be...

• Antagonizing
• Alone
• Awake
• Awkward

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

The characteristics for a Receiver of Memory are intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom and the capacity to... 

• think critically.
• use precise language.
• see beyond.
• see the basics.

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