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The Giver Unit Exam

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 2hrs 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True/False: The Giver is set hundreds of years into the past

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True/False: Jonas has always been a little different from others in his community

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True/False: No one in Jonas’s community ever lies to one another

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True/False: Jonas’s world acknowledges and honors differences in its citizens

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True/False: Mistakes are not easily tolerated in Jonas’s community

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True/False: Only adults are punished for mistakes in Jonas’s community, never children

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True/False: Release is always a punishment for misbehavior or crimes

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Giver’s daughter who was the first failed Receiver of Memory

a)

Lily

b)

Fiona

c)

Rosemary

9.

The most important celebration of maturity that marks the beginning of the responsibilities of adulthood

a)

The Ceremony of Loss

b)

The Ceremony of Release

c)

The Ceremony of Twelve

10.

The leader of Jonas’s community

a)

The Giver

b)

The Chief Elder

c)

The Committee of Elders

11.

The governing body of Jonas’s community who is in charge of all decisions

a)

The Giver

b)

The Chief Elder

c)

The Committee of Elders

12.

Jonas’s clumsy, forgetful, and playful best friend

a)

Fiona

b)

Asher

c)

Gabe

13.

A kind and caring young girl with red hair who Jonas has feelings for

a)

Fiona

b)

Lily

c)

Rosemary

14.

Jonas’s strong-willed and imaginative younger sister

a)

Fiona

b)

Lily

c)

Rosemary

15.

A practice of Jonas’s community used for punishment and removal of unwanted citizens

a)

Release

b)

The Ceremony of Loss

c)

The Ceremony of Twelve

16.

A genre of fiction that takes place within a world undesirable world often created out of the search for perfection

a)

Sameness

b)

Utopia

c)

Dystopia

17.

What month is Jonas so worried about at the beginning of the novel?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

December

18.

What is Jonas's father’s job?

a)

Take care of babies

b)

Make disciplinary decisions

c)

Design houses

19.

What event is Jonas so nervous about at the beginning of the novel?

a)

Start of school

b)

Final Exams

c)

The Ceremony of Twelve

20.

What is the name of the secret addition to Jonas’s family?

a)

Asher

b)

Caleb

c)

Gabe

21.

What do Jonas and the new baby have in common?

a)

Curly hair

b)

Red hair

c)

Pale eyes

22.

What does Jonas’s parents do when he shares an inappropriate dream?

a)

Make him begin taking stirring pills

b)

Make him report it

c)

Call him a pervert

23.

What was Jonas's assignment?

a)

Assistant Director of Recreation

b)

Receiver of Memory

c)

Pilot

24.

What events make Jonas and the Giver realize that Jonas has the Capacity to See Beyond?

a)

Jonas sees things change

b)

Jonas has visions

c)

Jonas has had dreams of the past

25.

What is the purpose of Jonas’s assignment?

a)

To help with mental illness

b)

To learn about the Giver’s life

c)

To hold all the memories of the past

26.

What memory does the Giver share first with Jonas?

a)

Memory of sunshine

b)

Memory of sledding in snow

c)

Memory of a rainbow

27.

What is the first painful memory Jonas experiences?

a)

Memory of sunburn

b)

Memory of a broken bone

c)

Memory of warfare

28.

What new emotion does Jonas experience from the memory of the elephants?

a)

Obsession

b)

Love

c)

Grief

29.

Why does Jonas ask the Giver to give him a truly painful memory?

a)

He wants to see how bad it is

b)

He wants to relieve the Giver's suffering

c)

He wants to be brave

30.

What first memory of extreme physical pain does Jonas receive?

a)

Memory of a broken bone

b)

Memory of dying

c)

Memory of sunburn

31.

Towards the middle of the novel, what troubling event is happening to Gabe?

a)

He is not eating

b)

He is sick

c)

He is not sleeping through the night

32.

Who is the first and only person Jonas successfully shares a memory with?

a)

Gabe

b)

Asher

c)

Fiona

33.

What event causes Jonas to realize the truth about release?

a)

Watching the release of Rosemary

b)

His father tells him

c)

Watching the release of the twin

34.

How do Jonas and the Giver plan to end Sameness?

a)

Both leave the community

b)

Jonas leave the community

c)

Release the Elders

35.

What unplanned event causes Jonas to change their plan?

a)

The planned release of Gabe

b)

The planned release of Fiona

c)

The death of the Giver

36.
What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
a)
He places his hands on Jonas's bare back and gives him memories.
b)
He touches Jonas on the forehead.
c)
He shows him movies all the time.
d)
He makes him read every book in the library.
37.
Why is Lily skeptical of Jonas's story about the elephants?
a)
She is afraid of elephants, so she thinks Jonas is just trying to scare her.
b)
Jonas is a liar.
c)
Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary creatures.
d)
Lily is an expert on elephants and knows that they would never behave in the way Jonas describes them.
38.
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
a)
If Jonas left, all the valuable time and money spent on his training would be wasted.
b)
If Jonas left, all of the Committee of Elders would die of broken hearts because they love him so much.
c)
If Jonas left, all the memories he had accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos.
d)
If Jonas left, the Giver would be lonely.
39.
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
a)
He tells him bedtime stories.
b)
He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds.
c)
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake.
d)
He injects him with a mild sleeping drug.
40.
Why do Jonas's parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
a)
They think that Jonas will be smothered by their love.
b)
They secretly hate him.
c)
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning.
d)
They were not paying attention when Jonas asked if they loved him.
41.
Why does Jonas interrupt his friends' game of good guys and bad guys?
a)
They did not let him play.
b)
They are not following the rules.
c)
He thinks he is better than they are.
d)
It reminds him of war, and the memories he has experienced.
42.
Why does the nurturing center release one child from each set of identical twins?
a)
The staff there is crazy.
b)
Two identical people cannot exist and only 50 births are allowed per year.
c)
They need to practice their releasing techniques.
d)
One twin is always seriously ill at birth.
43.
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
a)
He covers their bodies with think, dirty leaves.
b)
He shoots down the planes.
c)
He transmits memories of cold so that heat-seeking planes cannot locate him.
d)
He stays very still because the planes have motion sensors.
44.
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
a)
Colored lights in the windows of the houses
b)
His parents waiting for him
c)
A search party from the community
d)
The cold hand of death reaching for him
45.
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.
46.
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.
47.
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.
48.
Which rule is most frequently broken in the community?
a)
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine.
b)
Adults have to take pills for Stirrings.
c)
Aircraft are not to be flown over the community.
d)
The names of newchildren are secret until the naming ceremony.
49.
Why does Jonas's mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
a)
Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications.
b)
Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done.
c)
The position holds very little honor in the community.
d)
The community is already overpopulated.
50.
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
51.
Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve?
a)
She is about to tell them that Jonas is to be released.
b)
She has caused them anxiety about Jonas's assignment.
c)
Her shoes do not match her purse.
d)
She knows they are disappointed about their children's assignments.
52.
How does the community react to the death of a child in the river?
a)
They hold a candlelight vigil.
b)
They send food to the child's parents.
c)
They hold seminars to warn the children to stay away from the river.
d)
They chant the child's name over and over, each time more and more softly.
53.
Why does the Giver have to stay in the community even though Jonas leaves?
a)
Jonas cannot take anyone else with him besides Gabe.
b)
He is not allowed to leave.
c)
To help the community and keep them from destroying themselves.
d)
To take the memories back.
54.
What is the "capacity to see beyond"?
a)
Being able to see color
b)
Being able to predict the future
c)
Being able to read people's minds
d)
Being able to communicate with dead people
55.
What is the first object Jonas sees change?
a)
Fiona's hair
b)
Apple
c)
Faces
d)
Rainbow
56.
To be a receiver, which quality do you need?
a)
Intelligence
b)
Integrity
c)
Courage
d)
All of these
57.
What had happened to the memories of the Receiver who had failed? 
a)
They were lost forever.
b)
They were released back into the community.
c)
She took the memories with her.
d)
They went back to the Giver.
58.
What was the ritual at the end of each evening meal?
a)
 Each family member would tell what they liked about the others.
b)
 Each family member would tell about their goals in life.  
c)
 Each family member would share their feelings of the day. 
d)
Each family member would share their dreams from the night before.
59.

In this community, what does a family unit consist of?

a)

a mother, a father, grandparents, a sister, and a brother

b)

a mother, a father, and two sisters

c)

A mother, a father, a sister, and a brother

d)

a mother, a father, a sister, a brother, and a dog

60.

How are Jonas's eyes described?

a)

pale

b)

brown

c)

green

d)

grey

61.

What reason does the Giver give for members of the community not being allowed to make their own choices?

a)

the community will become chaotic

b)

they will ruin the sense of order in the community

c)

they may make the wrong choices

d)

All of the above

62.

As Jonas approaches Elsewhere, what does he hear in the distance?

a)

a child crying

b)

laughter

c)

a baby screaming

d)

music

63.

What was the Giver's favorite memory?

a)

Christmas with grandparents

b)

lying in a hammock on the beach

c)

eating Thanksgiving dinner with family

d)

snow skiing in the mountains

64.

What vehicle does Jonas use down the last hill in his journey?

a)

scooter

b)

bicycle

c)

sled

d)

car

65.

After being given his Assignment, what is Jonas allowed to do that other members of the community are not?

a)

lie

b)

steal

c)

cheat

d)

kill

66.

Who is the author of this novel?

a)

Gertrude Stein

b)

Lois Lowry

c)

Stephanie Meyer

d)

Ali Rabren

67.

Who is...


The nurturer who injects the smaller twin

a)

Jonas' mother

b)

Jonas' father

c)

The Giver

d)

Chief Elder

68.

Who is...


Jonas' friend who will be Caretaker of the Old

a)

Fiona

b)

Rosemary

c)

Lily

d)

Asher

69.

Who is...


The "bearded man with pale eyes"

a)

The Giver

b)

Chief Elder

c)

Gabriel

d)

Jonas

70.

Who is...


Jonas' friend who confuses "smack" and "snack"

a)

Lily

b)

Fiona

c)

Rosemary

d)

Asher

71.

Gabriel clutches his comfort object, a:

a)

hippo

b)

apple

c)

bicycle

72.

Fiona admits to Jonas that administrators use a _____ to control the Old.

a)

discipline wand

b)

candy bribes

c)

sunburns

d)

pills

73.

What gift do Nine's get?

a)

bicycles

b)

sleds

c)

the ability to see color

d)

music

74.

When will the Giver's work be finished?

a)

never

b)

when he gives Jonas all his memories

c)

tomorrow

d)

when Jonas quits

75.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "Even I voted for Gabriel's release when we had the meeting."

a)

Chief Elder

b)

Lily

c)

Asher

d)

Jonas's Father

76.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "Jonas has not been assigned. Jonas has been selected."

a)

Asher

b)

Chief Elder

c)

Jonas's Father

d)

Lily

77.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "We had a visiting group of Sevens and they didn't obey the rules."

a)

Lily

b)

Asher

c)

Fiona

d)

Jonas

78.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "Games aren't your area of expertness"

a)

Jonas's father

b)

Gabriel

c)

Jonas

d)

Asher

79.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "Plane! Plane!"

a)

Gabriel

b)

Jonas

c)

Jonas's Father

d)

Asher

80.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "But he lied to me! Do you lie to me?"

a)

Jonas

b)

Jonas's father

c)

Asher

d)

Gabriel

81.

Identify the SPEAKER of the passage: "Bye bye, little guy"

a)

Asher

b)

Jonas

c)

Jonas's Father

d)

Lily

82.

Jonas is awed when he sees the books at the Annex because

a)

in the Community, children are not allowed to visit the library

b)

he can't imagine what they could contain since he doesn't know that history exists.

c)

the books are colorful and he has only seen black, white and grey books.

83.

Why was the "memory of the sail" important to the plot?

a)

It was Jonas's first pleasurable memory after receiving many painful memories

b)

Jonas used the memory as part of his escape plan

c)

It exposed the Jonas and the reader to the fact that Gabriel could receive

84.

Jonas's biggest fear on his journey to Elsewhere is

a)

that he will freeze to death

b)

that he will not be able to save Gabriel

c)

that he will lose all of his memories

85.

Which best describes the climax of the novel?

a)

when Jonas receives the memory of warfare

b)

when Jonas is given his assignment

c)

the escape of Jonas and Gabriel

86.

Which statement best describes a theme (or central idea) of the novel?

a)

If people aren't allowed to make their own choices, they can loose many freedoms

b)

Jonas did not believe that people should be released.

c)

People should use precise language so that they are not misunderstood.

87.

The Giver once had a wife.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

Videos of release are kept at the Hall of Closed Records.

a)

True

b)

False

89.

The Giver tells Jonas that "hearing beyond" is music, but does not give him that memory.

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Choose the correct definition for the term: Apprehensive

a)

To discipline or punish severely

b)

Confused or puzzled

c)

long pull over shirt

d)

fearful, nervous, or uneasy

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