The Giver Chapters 13-18 Text-Dependent Questions Standard

1.  Part A: Which character traits best describe The Giver in Chapter 15 of The Giver?

• pleased and agreeable

• quiet and relaxed

• embarrassed and ashamed

• suffering and miserable

Part B: Which two details below best supports Part A? CHOOSE 2!

• “‘forgive me’ he said” Page 151

• “Jonas helped him to his chair” Page 149

• “‘Please,’ he gasped, ‘take some of the pain’” Page 149

• “entered the memory that was torturing The Giver” Page 149

• “what he had done” Page 151

Part A: How is the text of Chapter 16 structured?

• sequence of events

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• description

Part B: What are the three best details below that agree with Part A? CHOOSE 3!

• “although he had learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he gained too, an understanding of solitude” Page 153

• “but the choice was not his” Page 152

• “now he understood about animals” Page 153

• “he didn’t want the memories, didn’t want the honor” Page 152

• “now he understood the joy of being an individual” Page 153

Part A: What happened to the memories of the failed Receiver-in-Training?

• They were transmitted to the other people of the community.

• No one ever knew what happened to them.

• They were returned to The Giver’s memory.

• They were lost forever.

Part B: What page proves Part A?

• Page 130

• Page 131

• Page 132

• Page 133

Read this excerpt from page 150:

 

The colors of carnage were grotesquely bright; the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy’s yellow hair.

The boy stared at him. “Water,” he begged again. When he spoke, a new spurt of blood drenched the coarse cloth across his chest and sleeve.

 

Part A: What is the meaning of the word crimson as used above?

• red

• heavy

• soggy

• green

Part B: Which detail below best supports Part A?

• “wetness”

• “ripped shreds of grass”

• “rough and dusty fabric”

• “new spurt of blood drenched the coarse cloth”

Part A: Why does The Giver say “they know nothing” on pages 132-133?

• People are not very smart.

• People refuse to listen to him.

• People don’t understand what they don’t know.

• People question too much.

Part B: What are the two best details below to support Part A? CHOOSE 2!

• “without the memories, it’s all meaningless”

• “No, here, in my being. Where the memories are”

• “they gave that burden to me”

• “terrified that the Committee might be listening as they could at any time”

• “this was a terrible accusation”