The Giver Novel Test

What assignment was Jonas selected for?

• Speaker of the House

• Nurturer of the Newborn

• The Receiver of Memory

• The Doctor

What did Lily notice that Jonas had in common with Gabe?

• They had the same birthday.

• They both were assigned the role of the giver.

• They both had a birthmark on their left foot.

• They both had pale eyes.

Choose the words that best describe Jonas after he is skipped during the Ceremony of Twelve. Select ALL of the correct answers (Three total).

• humiliated

• carefree

• relieved

• stunned

• worried

What does the word “release” mean in the context of the community?

• Exile

• Death

• New Assignment

• A Holiday

Why does the community in The Giver favor “Sameness”?

• to protect its citizens from discomfort and danger

• to make sure everyone has the same salary

• to make sure nobody gets sick

• to eliminate inequality in the community

Why has free choice been eliminated from the community?

• to keep everyone from discovering the truth of their past

• to protect its citizens from making the wrong choice

• to prevent people from getting angry with each other

• to eliminate competition in the community

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Jonas's Community

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(b) Our Society

• If you break a major rule three times, you are released.

• The old are released from the community.

• You get to pick your career

• Freedom of Choice

• It is rude to identify differences

• Only two children per family

• You are allowed to own a car.

• You can choose your own partner

• Your job is assigned to you

• Diversity is valued

• Spouces are assigned to you

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

• • He was a spy from an enemy community

• • He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community

• He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time

• He crashed his aircraft

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

• • Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications

• • The position holds very little honor in the society

• Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done

• The society is overpopulated

Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?

• He bites the staff at the Nurturing Center

• He is deformed.

• He smiles too much, and the staff suspects he will be abnormally gassy when he grows up

• • He is not growing fast enough and cannot sleep through the night