THE GIVER 1-12

In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community? 

• He was a spy from an enemy community. 
• He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time
• He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
• He crashed his aircraft

Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?

• He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary, since he is turning twelve soon
• He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
• He likes words that begin with vowels
• His mother once used the word “apprehensive” and he admires her

What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?

• She is a Nurturer
• She is a Storyteller
• She is a Birthmother
• She works for the Department of Justice

Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?

• Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
• Children are not allowed to date
• Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
• The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony

Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?

• Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications
• Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done
• The position holds very little honor in the society
• The society is overpopulated

Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?

• Asher is easily disappointed and will probably find fault with his assignment
• Asher does not seem to have any serious interests
• Asher will fail at any Assignment he is given
• Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for an Assignment

What happened as Jonas and Gabriel rode the sled down the snowy hill?

• An owl flew overhead, and Jonas knew the Giver's life had ended.

• Jonas finally understood the meaning of the word "evergreen."

• Gabriel transmitted the memory of the sailboat back to Jonas.

• For the first time, Jonas heard something he knew to be music.

What was part of the original escape plan formed by Jonas and the Giver?

• Jonas would trick Asher into causing a commotion among the Twelves.

• Jonas and Lily would hide away in the aircraft hangar.

• The Giver would lead Jonas through the tallest agricultural fields.

• The Giver would announce that Jonas had been lost in the river.

Jonas stayed overnight in the Giver's Annex after he watched a tape of ---.

• the Chief Elder ordering the execution of citizens in a nearby village

• Fiona repeatedly striking Larissa's back with a discipline wand

• his father using an injection to kill one of the newborn twins

• a medical technician performing a lobotomy on Asher's brain

What did Asher and the others do that overwhelmed Jonas with sadness?

• They yelled at an Eight for riding her bicycle before the ceremony.

• They laughed while playing a game of war.

• They trampled over a bed of color wildflowers

• They cried out in fear at the sight of a butterfly.