The Giver CH 1-13 Reading Check (SHORTENED)

Which of the following best summarizes how individuals in the community find their careers?

• People choose their career after volunteering in different centers during their childhoods.
• Each individual’s career is chosen by their parents.
• A committee of Elders observes children and assigns them their career.
• Careers are given via a lottery system, and everyone draws their career out of a hat.

Which of the following adjective pairs most closely describes the tone of the first day of ceremonies?

• tense, anxious
• hopeful, calm
• foreboding, threatening
• worried, grave

Which of these inferences about the community is best supported by the childhood aging ceremonies?

• Childhood development is closely controlled so that children progress at the same rate.
• The childhood ceremonies were invented to make the Ceremony of Twelve seem more important.
• Children are taught to be individualistic and independent in the community.
• Children never ride bicycles before the age of nine.

Which of these best describes what it means that age will “no longer matter” for Jonas?

• Jonas was assigned a career for which he is required to ignore his age.
• Children’s ages are not important in this community, as it makes them “different”, which is not desirable.
• Once a child turns 12, there are no new ceremonies and their specific age becomes irrelevant.
• Jonas has decided that he will teach Lily to ride a bicycle even though she is not old enough.

Which of the following inferences about the community can best be made from their reaction to Jonas’s Assignment?

• The community voted for Jonas to be the new Receiver of Memory.
• The community holds the Receiver of Memory in high esteem.
• The community does not think Receiver of Memory is an honorable position.
• The community is sad that Jonas will experience pain as the Receiver of Memory.

Which of these best describes Jonas’s reaction to his number being skipped at the Ceremony of Twelve?

• relief
• horror
• curiosity
• anxiety

Which of the following best summarizes Jonas’s reaction to the new rule that he is allowed to lie?

• Jonas is shocked and disturbed by the possibility that other members of his community may also be allowed to lie.
• Jonas cannot wait to start lying.
• Jonas is surprised that he does not mind this new information.
• Jonas believes there must be a mistake and plans to talk to the Elders in the morning.

How does the setting of the Receiver’s office most clearly illustrate that the Receiver lives differently than the rest of the community?

• The door is locked and there are a great deal of books.
• The door is locked and there are no books.
• The office is air conditioned.
• The office is completely empty; there is no furniture.

Which of the following adjective pairs best describes the tone of the first memory Jonas receives (the memory of snow and sledding)?

• exhilarating, refreshing
• dangerous, violent
• volatile, unpredictable
• emotional, romantic

Which of these inferences about the community is best supported by Jonas starting to see red?

• Individuals in the community do not see color until they become adults.
• It is illegal to see color in this community.
• Most people do not see color in the community.
• Everyone sees color, but Jonas is colorblind.