The Giver (Chapter 13-14)

What are some of the difficulties that a spouse(wife)would have living with the Giver?

• A. Books are not permitted to ordinary citizens.

• B. The Giver cannot talk about his job.

• C. The Giver cannot have children.

• D. Both A and B

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What happened to the Giver's spouse?

• She died.

• She ran away.

• They got divorced.

• She now lives with the Childless Adults.

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What did Jonas try to do with Asher?

• He tried to transmit his new awareness of color to Asher.

• He tried to teach him to see the wilting flowers.

• He tried to give him a bad memory.

• He tried to get him to pick flowers.

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Why was the decision made in Jonas's community to not to let people make their own choices?

• They did not want people to make mistakes.

• They didn't want to control people.

• They wanted to make life easier for the Elders.

• They wanted people to feel as though they were on a vacation from life.

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Part of Jonas's dad's job was to

• releasing a twin.

• releasing Larissa.

• go to work early because he has to bring Gabriel in for a checkup.

• Evaluate Gabriel and make the decision that he will be released.

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What TWO topics from the past does the The Giver discusst with Jonas? (Choose TWO answers from the choices below).

• Hunger

• Warfare

• Disease

• Natural Diaster

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At this point in the novel, Jonas realizes for the first time that his family has...

• been secretly spying on his training

• chosen to release Gabriel

• never known pain

• have also been receiving memories from The Giver to help Jonas with his training.

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Chapter 14 starts with Jonas...

• riding a sled.

• skiing

• sitting on a beach

• in the middle of lessons at school

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The reason the committee of elders does not base its decisions on past experience is...

• the elders are all from different regions and are constantly competing against each other to be the best

• each member of the community only wants his/her way and will not listen to other ideas

• the members do not have a foundation of memories from history to form logical decisions for the present

• each wants to impress the Chief Elder with only his/her knowledge

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To calm Gabriel when he woke up during the night. Jonas found he was able to

• allow Gabriel to sleep in his bed.

• put Gabriel in a warm bath.

• rocked Gabriel back to sleep.

• give Gabriel a memory of sailing.

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