The Giver Chapter 14 Quiz 1st Hr

"But the runners, this time, couldn't slice through the

frozen expanse as they had on the other, snow-cushioned

hill" (Lowry 108).

• surface

• place

• house

• ending

"It was not unendurable, as the pain on the hill had been.

Jonas tried to be brave" (Lowry 110).

• more than

• intolerable

• inexcusable

• less of

"Again and again he

dreamed of the anguish and the isolation on the forsaken

hill" (Lowry 110).

• anger/loneliness/memorable

• sadness/loneliness/abandoned

• excitement/overwhelmed/forgotten

"Then, suddenly, he was in the Annex room again,

writhing on the bed. His face was wet with tears" (Lowry 109).

• angry

• lying

• suffering

• eating

"It was not enough to assuage the pain that Jonas was

beginning, now, to know" (Lowry 110).

• quit

• smash

• give back

• relieve

"Sometimes it had seemed humorous to him.

Sometimes it had seemed meaningful and important.

Now it was ominous. It meant, he knew, that nothing

could be changed" (Lowry 113).

• interesting

• hopeless

• deserving

• wasteful

"But the runners, this time, couldn't slice through the

frozen expanse as they had on the other, snow-cushioned

hill. They skittered sideways and the sled gathered speed.

Jonas pulled at the rope, trying to steer, but the steepness

and speed took control from his hands and he was no

longer enjoying the feeling of freedom but instead, terri-

fied, was at the mercy of the wild acceleration downward

over the ice" (Lowry 108).

Choose the sentence that BEST expresses the central idea for the excerpt above.

• Jonus' sled sped out of control on the ice, and it was scary for him.

• Jonus was really scared about what happened.

• The reason that the sled lost control is because it was the hard packed snow instead of the light snow.

• The sled was not able to slow down on the steep hill.

"But the runners, this time, couldn't slice through the

frozen expanse as they had on the other, snow-cushioned

hill. They skittered sideways and the sled gathered speed.

Jonas pulled at the rope, trying to steer, but the steepness

and speed took control from his hands and he was no

longer enjoying the feeling of freedom but instead, terri-

fied, was at the mercy of the wild acceleration downward

over the ice" (Lowry 108).

Choose the quote that provides the BEST SUPPORT for what the excerpt is mostly about.

• "Jonus' sled sped out of control on the ice, and it was scary for him."But the runners, this time, couldn't slice through the

  frozen expanse..."

• "They skittered sideways and the sled gathered speed."

• "Jonas pulled at the rope, trying to steer, but the steepness

  and speed took control from his hands..."

• "...he was no

  longer enjoying the feeling of freedom..."

What happened to Jonas when he fell off the sled?

• He landed softly in the snow.

• He got bruises up and down his legs.

• He broke his leg.

• He hit his head.

What did Jonas ask the Giver when he woke from his dream?

• to be relieved of the pain

• to receive a memory of death

• to be released