The Giver Chapters 1-2

Who is the main character of the story?

• The Giver

• Asher

• Jonas

• Lily

What was Jonas frightened by?

• His bicycle

• The newchildren

• Sharing his feelings

• The jet plane

In this community, who gets "released"?

• Only sick newchildren

• Only elderly people

• Only criminals

• All of the above ^

Getting "released" is usually...

• SUPER FUN AND AWESOME, EVERYONE IS DOING IT

• A terrible and shameful punishment

At the start of the book, what word does Jonas use to describe his feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve?

• frightened

• worried

• apprehensive

• ambivalent

What did the family do after eating the evening meal?

• talked about their feelings

• watched television

• read a book together

• helped clean up

What problem did Lily tell about?

• that she wanted to go on vacation

• a boy who cut in line

• that math class was too hard

• falling and cutting her knee

What concern did Father have?

• He had to wait in line to buy gasoline.

• One of the newborns was not growing fast enough.

• He wanted a new job working with the elderly.

• He wanted a raise in his salary.

What is a family in Jonas's community?

• Parents could have as many children as they wanted.

• They had two children - one male and one female.

• The number of children depended on the parents jobs.

• They had four children - two males and two females.

What rule had Father broken?

• He walked to work instead of riding his bicycle.

• He didn't go to the December ceremony.

• He asked for three children.

• He looked up Gabe's name.