The Giver QUIZ PREP - Pt 1

The protagonist (the leading character) of The Giver is...

• Asher

• Jonas

• Lily

• Joe

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Reorder the following:

• .... Jonas was beginning to be

  frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought.

• Lily considered, and shook her head. “I don’t know.

  They acted like . . . like ...”

  “Animals?” Jonas suggested. He laughed.

• Jonas laughed. It was one of the few rules that was not

  taken very seriously and was almost always broken.

• “This morning we celebrated the release of Roberto,”

  she told him. “It was wonderful.”

• Stirrings. He had heard the word before. He remem-

  bered that there was a reference to the Stirrings in the

  Book of Rules, though he didn’t remember what it said.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3A

What do Jonas and the newchild Gabe have in common?

• similar laugh

• pale eyes

• They both had the same outfit.

A ​ (a)   describes a perfect society where every person is fulfilled, whereas a ​ (b)   is an imperfect where people are not free and they are dominated by a totalitarian government.

• utopia
• dystopia
• ertopia
• youtopia
• dysfunction
• Disney

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

Match the following:

• a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult

• Coming-of-age

• capable of being touched or felt : TANGIBLE

• Disposition

• to influence or entice by soft words or flattery

• Beckon

• to summon or signal typically with a wave or nod

• Palpable

• a person’s prevailing mood or character; how they appear emotionally

• Wheedle

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.6

At what age do the children in Jonas' community choose where to volunteer?

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

This word means savage, gloomy, forbidding.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

This vocabulary word means sufficient for a specific need or requirement; good enough.

• purpose

• Suitable

• adequate

• failure

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CCSS.L.8.6

What happened when Asher was late to class?

• he had to say the standard apology phrase to the whole class

• he was released

• he was sent to the detention center

• he had to speak with the Dean

What is the setting of the story?

• a utopian society from the 1700's

• present day in Europe

• a community with odd rules and rituals

• present day Asia