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Worksheets"The Giver" Quiz 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of "apprehensive"?
a)
Viewing the future with nervousness or alarm
b)
Violation of a law, command, or duty
c)
Feeling or showing hesitation or willingness
d)
Perplex or confuse
2.
What is the definition of "transgression"?
a)
Violation of a law, command, or duty
b)
Feeling or showing hesitation or unwillingness
c)
Perplex or confuse
d)
Of a dismal or depressing character
3.
What is the definition of "reluctant"?
a)
Feeling or showing hesitation or unwillingness
b)
Perplex or confuse
c)
Of a dismal or depressing character
d)
Lighthearted, relaxed, effortless
4.
What is the definition of "bewilder"?
a)
Perplex or confuse
b)
Of a dismal or depressing character
c)
Lighthearted, relaxed, effortless
d)
Act of forbidding the doing of something
5.
What is the definition of "somber"?
a)
Of a dismal or depressing character
b)
Lighthearted, relaxed, effortless
c)
Act of forbidding the doing of something
d)
To request or require that something be provided
6.
What is the definition of "jaunty"?
a)
Lighthearted, relaxed, effortless
b)
Act of forbidding the doing of something
c)
To request or require that something be provided
d)
Hesitant or uncertain
7.
What is the definition of "prohibition"?
a)
Act of forbidding the doing of somethi
b)
To request or require that something be provided
c)
Hesitant or uncertain
d)
Extremely troubled
8.
What is the definition of "requisition"?
a)
To request or require that something be provided
b)
Hesitant or uncertain
c)
Extremely troubled
d)
Somber, serious; thoughtful, intense
9.
What is the definition of "tentative"?
a)
Hesitant or uncertain
b)
Extremely troubled
c)
Somber, serious; thoughtful; intense
d)
Shrink, flinch, wince
10.
What is the definition of "distraught"?
a)
Extremely troubled
b)
Somber, serious; thoughtful; intense
c)
Draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily
d)
Shrink, flinch, wince
11.
What is the definition of "solemn"?
a)
Somber, serious; thoughtful; intense
b)
Draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily
c)
Shrink, flinch, wince
d)
Extremely troubled
12.
What is the definition of "cringe"?
a)
Draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily; shrink, flinch, wince
b)
Extremely troubled
c)
Hesitant or uncertain
d)
Perplex or confuse
13.
If someone's behavior is petulant, that means that
a)
they're kind to others.
b)
they're hardworking.
c)
they're rude.
d)
they're tired.
14.
To criticize someone or to punish them is to
a)
chastise them.
b)
requisition them.
c)
bewilder them.
d)
confuse them.
15.
If someone is talking on and on without being interesting, you might say they were
a)
droning.
b)
bewildering.
c)
petulant.
d)
somber.
16.
If something is unclear, it's
a)
vague.
b)
conspicuous.
c)
meticulous.
d)
reluctant.
17.
Based on the context of the text, which of your vocabulary words fits in the blank of this quote:“The audience applause w, which was enthusiastic each naming, rose in an ___________ swell when one parental pair, glowing with pride, took a male new-child . . .”
a)
Meticulous
b)
Exuberant
c)
Tentative
d)
Reluctant
18.
If something is obvious or noticeable, it's
a)
meticulous.
b)
spontaneous.
c)
conspicuous.
d)
bewildering.
19.
To take extreme care while doing something means to be
a)
apprehensive.
b)
meticulous.
c)
vague.
d)
tentative.
20.
If a decision is spontaneous,
a)
it took very careful planning.
b)
it's dangerous.
c)
it was easy.
d)
it was done with little thought or planning.
21.
The following direct characterization from The Giver describes which character?
“Next, _____________, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about (his/her) feelings.”
“Next, _____________, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about (his/her) feelings.”
a)
Father
b)
Mother
c)
Lily
d)
Asher
22.
What does the following quote from The Giver indirectly tell the reader about the character of Jonas’ father?
“But her father had already gone to the shelf and taken down the stuffed elephant which was kept there . . . ‘Here you are, Lily-Billy,” he said. I’ll come help you remove your hair ribbons’”
“But her father had already gone to the shelf and taken down the stuffed elephant which was kept there . . . ‘Here you are, Lily-Billy,” he said. I’ll come help you remove your hair ribbons’”
a)
His father is very stubborn
b)
His father is terrible with children
c)
His father is mean
d)
His father is gentle and kind
23.
The following direct characterization from The Giver describes which character?
“ _______________ who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.”
“ _______________ who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.”
a)
Jonas
b)
Lily
c)
Asher
d)
Fiona
24.
What does the following quote tell the reader about the job that Jonas has been selected for in The Community?
“Jonas has been selected to be our next Receiver of Memory . . . such a selection is very, very rare . . . Our community has only one Receiver, It is he who trains his successor.”
“Jonas has been selected to be our next Receiver of Memory . . . such a selection is very, very rare . . . Our community has only one Receiver, It is he who trains his successor.”
a)
It is very important.
b)
It is a punishment.
c)
It is a normal job like everyone else's.
d)
It is an easy job.
25.
Based on the following quote, what conflict in the story is revealed?
“With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life . . . His heart swelled with gratitude and pride. But at the same time he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him.”
“With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life . . . His heart swelled with gratitude and pride. But at the same time he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him.”
a)
Jonas isn't good at understanding feelings.
b)
The community is too enthusiastic.
c)
Jonas has mixed feelings about his position in the community.
d)
Jonas is afraid.
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