The Giver

Who is in Jonas's first dream of stirrings?

• his mom

• his friend Fiona

• his friend Asher

• the giver

Answer explanation

When Jonas first begins his Stirrings, he has a dream about his friend Fiona. In the dream, he is bare-chested and he is in the Bathing Room at The House of The Old. Fiona is in the Bathing Room with him, and he is trying to convince her to take off her clothes and get in the tub.

At the very end of the novel, what does it seem like Jonas has found?

• He's obviously dead.

• He's found a home where people may be celebrating Christmas.

Answer explanation

Jonas finds a sled and rides it down toward a community with lit windows and music. Lowry does not confirm whether the two survive, because the reader can either interpret the sled as a hallucination of Jonas's dying mind, or as a fortunate coincidence.

What is Jonas first disturbing memory?

• crashing when riding a sled causing him to break his leg.

• the memory of warfare and death.

• memory of having a sunburn

• memory of starvation

Answer explanation

Jonas is sitting on a sled. He has received a memory of sledding before, but the hill in this memory seems steeper, and ''the snow beneath the sled was not thick and soft as it had been before, but hard, and coated with bluish ice. causing him to crash and break his leg being his first disturbing memory

What does Jonas do on the days The Giver tells him to leave?

• helps out at The House of the Old

• goes home and sleeps

• goes to Nurturing Center and helps his dad

• tests his seeing beyond capacities

Was The Giver allowed to have a spouse?

• Yes, but his former spouse now lives with the Childless Adults.

• Yes, but his former spouse was released long ago.

• Yes, but his former spouse left him because of the books.

• No, his job doesn't allow him to apply for a spouse.

Why does Jonas want The Giver to start giving him painful memories?

• to experience all that life has to offer

• to take some of the pain away from The Giver

• to better understand the future

• to know why the previous Receiver had failed

How did The Giver respond when Jonas asked for medication to ease his pain?

• The Giver gave him some special medication.

• The Giver sent him to the Attendant to get help.

• The Giver yelled at him furiously.

• The Giver said no and looked away.

Why didn't the Elders take The Giver's advice to let birthmothers have four children?

• because the population had grown too large, so hunger and starvation were everywhere

• because they wanted birthmothers to have an odd number of births

• because too many children were being put up for adoption

• because they did not care what The Giver had to say

Why did The Giver ask Jonas to forgive him?

• He couldn't bear to see the pain he had caused Jonas.

• He was sad that he could not give Jonas medication.

• He felt bad that Jonas would not be able to apply for a spouse.

• He didn't want Jonas to read his favorite book.

What is a reason that Jonas's community didn't have sunshine and snow?

• They lived on the equator.

• Snow was too cold; sun was to hot

• They don’t like it

• Climate Control