🎯✔️ Ch. 1-3

Chapter 1:

What is the best meaning of “rituals” as it is used in the following sentence on page 6? [RL.4]

“It was one of the rituals: the evening telling of feelings.”

• ceremonies

• parties

• punishments

• surprises

Chapter 1:

Which event reveals that the community views correct word choice as a serious duty? [RL.1]

• children not being allowed to use the word “released” jokingly

• Asher being encouraged by his classmates for using the wrong word

• Jonas immediately finding the right word to describe his feelings about the upcoming ceremony

• Jonas’s father reminding his sister Lily that each family can only have one male and one female child

Chapter 1:

Which of the following best describes Jonas’s attitude toward the potential release of a criminal on pages 11-12? [RL.6]

• Jonas feels concerned.

• Jonas feels satisfied.

• Jonas feels relieved.

• Jonas feels angry.

Chapter 1:

What does Jonas’s family’s attempts to soothe his mother on page 12 reveal about this community’s family values? [RL.1 & RL.3]

• They value processing emotions away from others.

• They value providing emotional support to each other.

• They value providing problem solving ideas to each other.

• They value individual strength from everyone in the community.

Chapter 2:

“‘There are very rarely disappointments, Jonas. I don’t think you need to worry about that,’ his father reassured him.” (pg. 21)

What is the best meaning of “reassured” as it is used in this passage? [RL.4]

• to comfort

• to confuse

• to annoy

• to alarm

Chapter 2:

“I could have sneaked a look at the list prior to the ceremony,” Father confided. “The committee always makes the list in advance, and it’s right there in the office at the Nurturing Center. 

“As a matter of fact,” he went on, “I feel a little guilty about this. But I did go in this afternoon and looked to see if this year’s Naming list had been made yet. It was right there in the office, and I looked up number Thirty-Six — that’s the little guy I’ve been concerned about — because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name. Just privately, of course, when no one else is around.”

What does this passage reveal about Jonas’s father? [RL.3]

• Jonas’s father is a leader in the community.

• Jonas’s father believes the rules do not apply to him.

• Jonas’s father is willing to break the rules to help someone.

• Jonas’s father cares more about Gabe than he does Jonas and Lily.

Chapter 2:

“When I entered my training for Law and Justice, I found myself with people who shared my interests. I made friends on a new level, friends of all ages.” (Pgs. 22-23)

What does this passage suggest about the Assignments? [RL.3]

• Assignments have no impact on a person’s life.

• Assignments bring people with common interests together.

• Assignments force citizens to become friends with people their own age.

• Assignments stop people from being friends with anyone who is in another Assignment.

Chapter 3:

“Lily was never quiet. Probably she should hope for an Assignment as Speaker, so that she could sit in the office with the microphone all day, making announcements. He laughed silently to himself, picturing his sister droning on in the self-important voice that all the Speakers seemed to develop, saying things like, ATTENTION, THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES. He turned toward Lily and noticed to his satisfaction that her ribbons were, as usual, undone and dangling. There would be an announcement like that quite soon, he felt certain, and it would be directed mainly at Lily, though her name, of course, would not be mentioned. Everyone would know.” (Pages 28-29)

How do the community’s structures and rules affect Jonas’s opinion of Lily? [RL.3]

• Jonas feels bad for what is going to happen to Lily because of her violation.

• Jonas is embarrassed by his sister because everyone knows what she does wrong.

• Jonas is worried about which rules he has broken because he sees how Lily is treated.

• Jonas judges Lily for not following the rules because judging others is accepted behavior.

Chapter 3:

“Lily was never quiet. Probably she should hope for an Assignment as Speaker, so that she could sit in the office with the microphone all day, making announcements. He laughed silently to himself, picturing his sister droning on in the self-important voice that all the Speakers seemed to develop, saying things like, ATTENTION, THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES. He turned toward Lily and noticed to his satisfaction that her ribbons were, as usual, undone and dangling. There would be an announcement like that quite soon, he felt certain, and it would be directed mainly at Lily, though her name, of course, would not be mentioned. Everyone would know.” (Pages 28-29)

In the same passage from page 29, how do Lily and Jonas feel about the Speaker? [RL.3]

• Lily and Jonas both agree that the Speaker is unimportant.

• Lily and Jonas both fear being publicly humiliated by the Speaker.

• Jonas cares more about being publicly humiliated by the Speaker than Lily does.

• Lily cares more about being publicly humiliated by the Speaker than Jonas does.

Chapter 3:

“The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape: a perfect sphere. The same nondescript shade, about the same as his own tunic.”

What is the best meaning of “nondescript” as it is used in the following sentence? [RL.4]

• bright

• glittering

• mysterious

• ordinary