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The Giver Ch's 9-12

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What permission surprises Jonas the most?
a)
Permission to eat fruit
b)
Permission to ride bicycles
c)
Permission to be independent
d)
Permission to lie
2.
What realization does Jonas have in Chapter 9? (It is an Ah-ha moment...)
a)
He wonders if everyone is secretly a Receiver.
b)
He wonders who his birth mother is.
c)
He wonders if everyone is lying.
d)
He wonders if Lily will be the next Receiver.
3.
Why does the final rule unnerve Jonas so much?
a)
Because it is different.
b)
Because he realizes he has no way of knowing the truth.
c)
Because he doesn't understand it.
d)
Because it promises pain.
4.
The Receiver holds the memories and experiences of almost everyone and everything in the past.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What memory does the Receiver transmit to give Jonas an example of pain?
a)
Crashing on the sled
b)
Sunburn
c)
Frostbite
d)
Cutting himself
6.
Why was Jonas so shocked at the end of chapter 10?
a)
He couldn't believe how old the Receiver was.
b)
The Receiver told him to keep their meetings a secret.
c)
The Receiver told him to remove his tunic.
d)
The Receiver turned off the speaker.
7.
"Climate control.  Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods.  And unpredictable weather made transportation almost impossible at times.  It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to sameness."
In this passage the word obsolete means...
a)
Outdated
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Useless
d)
Worn-out
8.
Why is Jonas late for his second day of training?
a)
He rode with Asher to the Department of Bicycle Repair.
b)
He saw the change in Fiona's hair that he had experienced earlier with the apple.
c)
His teacher kept him after school to ask how his training went.
d)
He helped Fiona in the House of the Old.
9.
Why doesn't it snow in Jonas's community?
a)
The Earth is getting warmer.
b)
The Community has climate control.
c)
The Elders decided to allow one season.
d)
The Community is in a place where it is too hot for snow.
10.
Why does Jonas not understand the Receiver's comparison involving a sled?
a)
He doesn't know what a sled is.
b)
He has not yet achieved wisdom.
c)
It turns out, he doesn't have the ability to see beyond.
d)
He's too dumb.