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The Giver Chapter 1-4 Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which age group received bicycles?
a)
Eights
b)
Nines
c)
Tens
d)
Elevens
2.
Why does Lily's mom not want her to be a Birthmother?
a)
It is too time consuming.
b)
She won't make much money.
c)
She wants her to be a lawyer.
d)
It is not honorable.
3.
Whose comfort object was an elephant?
a)
Gabriel
b)
Lily
c)
Fiona
d)
Jonas
4.

Lily is...

a)

Jonas's friend.

b)

Jonas's sister.

c)

the Giver's daughter.

d)

Jonas's mother.

5.

Larissa is...

a)

Jonas's sister

b)

Jonas's best friend

c)

a six with pale eyes

d)

a woman in the House of the Old

6.

Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community?

a)

You may not lie.

b)

Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine.

c)

You may not go Elsewhere.

d)

The names of new children are secret until the Naming Ceremony.

7.
What is Jonas's father's role in the community?
a)
A Nurturer
b)
A member of the Department of Justice
c)
The Giver
d)
Pilot
8.
What is the ritual they have as a family every evening?
a)
Telling of feelings
b)
Praying before dinner.
c)
Watching the news.
d)
Playing board games.
9.
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
a)
He bites the Nurturing Staff
b)
He is deformed
c)
He is not growing fast enough and doesn't sleep through the night
d)
He doesn't eat
10.
In the first chapter, why is the pilot released from the community?
a)
He was a spy from an enemy community.
b)
He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time.
c)
He flew over the community by mistake.
d)
He crashed his aircraft.
11.
Why does Jonas decide that "apprehensive" is a better word for his feeling than "frightened"?
a)
He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary, since he is turning twelve soon.
b)
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels.
c)
He likes words that begin with vowels.
d)
His mother once used the word "apprehensive" and he admires her.
12.
What does Jonas's mother do for a living?
a)
She is a Nurturer.
b)
She is a Storyteller.
c)
She is a Birthmother.
d)
She works for the Department of Justice.
13.
Why does Jonas worry about Asher's assignment?
a)
Asher is easily disappointed and will probably find fault with his assignment.
b)
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests.
c)
Asher will fail at any assignment he is given.
d)
Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for an assignment.
14.
What do the numbers assigned to each child signify?
a)
The order of their birth
b)
Their rank in school
c)
The department to which they belong
d)
Their height in inches
15.

What is the name of the protagonist in The Giver?

a)

The Community

b)

Gabe

c)

Jonas

d)

Mother

16.

What trait do Gabriel and Jonas have in common?

a)

They both have trouble sleeping through the night.

b)

They both have pale eyes.

c)

They both have very curious natures.

d)

They both have dark eyes.

17.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

a utopian society from the 1800s

b)

present day in Europe

c)

a futuristic, utopian society

d)

present day in Asia

18.

How did Jonas feel when he saw the jet?

a)

excited

b)

bored

c)

distracted

d)

frightened

19.

Which of these is NOT a reason why someone would be released?

a)

becoming too old

b)

making mistakes

c)

failing to thrive

d)

having pale eyes

20.

Which is the last birthday celebrated in the community?

a)

1

b)

12

c)

18

d)

85

21.

What happens during the ceremony of one?

a)

parents choose a child

b)

children are inspected by the doctor

c)

children are given their official names

d)

children are released

22.

What is frustrating about changing the rules?

a)

They get changed too often.

b)

No one knows who changes the rules.

c)

It is completely up to the receiver.

d)

It is a very slow process.

23.

Why doesn't Jonas typically spend his volunteer hours with Asher?

a)

The elders forbid best friends to spend their hours together.

b)

Asher lives too far away from Jonas.

c)

The elders suggested that they spend some time apart from each other.

d)

Asher fools around a lot and does not take things seriously.

24.

Why was Roberto released?

a)

He had two transgressions against him for not following the rules.

b)

He was old and lived his life completely.

c)

He was sick.

d)

He forgot to do his homework.

25.

Choose the correct synonym or definition for the following word: palpable

a)

obvious

b)

tasty

c)

sick

d)

fearful

26.

Choose the correct synonym or definition for the following word: distraught

a)

readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived,

b)

to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.

c)

distracted; deeply agitated.

27.

Choose the correct synonym for the following word: disposition

a)

personality

b)

placement

c)

pride

28.

Choose the correct synonym for the following word: violation

a)

chastisement

b)

droning

c)

fret

d)

transgression

29.

Choose the correct synonym for the following word: worry

a)

fret

b)

chastisement

c)

petulant

d)

chortled

30.

To chastise a child is to ____________ them.

a)

feed

b)

discipline

c)

take care of

d)

bathe

31.

Ms. Rayburn can become very ____________ when you don't pay attention in class.

a)

transgressed

b)

palpable

c)

petulant

d)

tabulated

32.

It's hard to pay attention in class when Ms. Rayburn is _______________ on and on about comma rules.

a)

droning

b)

fretting

c)

tunicing

d)

chortling

33.

The apple landed in Jonas' hand, unchanged, the same nondescript shade as his _________ that he was wearing.

a)

drone

b)

chastise

c)

petulant

d)

tunic

34.

Choose the correct synonym for the following word: tabulated

a)

arranged

b)

disarranged

c)

estimated

d)

released

35.

Choose the correct synonym for the following word: giggled

a)

panicked

b)

chortled

c)

fretted

d)

distraughted

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