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WorksheetsThe Giver Final
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What happens in the memory of the elephant that Jonas receives?
a)
The elephant escapes from the zoo.
b)
The elephant bathes in a mud hole.
c)
The elephant is running on the savanna.
d)
The elephant is poached and mourned by another elephant.
2.
Which of the following is not a rule for the Receiver-in-Training?
a)
The person is to be alone.
b)
The person may refuse the Assignment.
c)
The person must be apart from the community.
d)
The position cannot be modified.
3.
Why is Jonas beginning to see the color red?
a)
Because the sun is changing color
b)
He has the capacity to see beyond
c)
He is becoming blind
d)
The entire community is turning red
4.
How did people get a spouse?
a)
Spouses picked each other out of a line-up.
b)
Spouses drew the names from a bowl of the other spouse to be.
c)
Spouses were matched by the children of the community.
d)
Spouses were matched by the Committee of Elders.
5.
What was the morning ritual for Jonas’s family?
a)
The telling of feelings
b)
The telling of stories
c)
The telling of fears
d)
The telling of dreams
6.
What is the name of the protagonist in The Giver?
a)
The Community
b)
Gabe
c)
Jonas
d)
Mother
7.
What job was given to Asher?
a)
The Giver
b)
Birth Mother
c)
Instructor of threes
d)
Assistant Director of Recreation
8.
What is the purpose of the 1st ceremony?
a)
naming of the children
b)
release
c)
choosing a nurturer
d)
sameness
9.
Why was Caleb a replacement child?
a)
The 1st Caleb was released
b)
The 1st Caleb drowned
c)
The 1st Caleb ran away
d)
There was no 1st Caleb
10.
Which of these memories is an example of emotional pain?
a)
The memory of Rosemary
b)
The memory of sunburn
c)
The memory of the broken leg
d)
The memory of sledding
11.
What pain did The Giver beg Jonas to take away?
a)
The sledding accident
b)
The elephant massacre
c)
The war
d)
The broken leg
12.
What is the secret part of Fiona's assignment in the House of the Old?
a)
She is being trained to be a nurse
b)
She is being trained in the art of release
c)
She is being trained to give baths to the babies
d)
She is being trained to be a nurturer
13.
What kept Jonas going as he tried to reach Elsewhere?
a)
His love for Gabe
b)
His need for food
c)
His desire to outrun the members of the Community that were chasing them
d)
The need for shelter
14.
What is Jonas' opinion of sameness?
a)
His opinion never changes
b)
He thinks it is bad at first but good at the end
c)
He never thinks about it
d)
He thinks it is good at first but not so good in the end
15.
Which is not a quality needed by The Receiver?
a)
Integrity
b)
Honesty
c)
Intelligence
d)
Courage
16.
How do people get a spouse in this community?
a)
It is chosen by his/her parents
b)
The Giver chooses it
c)
The Committee of Elders chooses it
d)
They make their own choice
17.
What's Jonas's mother's role in the community?
a)
A member of the Department of Justice
b)
A Nurturer
c)
A birthmother
d)
A Teacher
18.
What are the two occasions when "release" is not a punishment?
a)
The physically and mentally handicapped.
b)
The elderly and a newchild.
c)
The unintelligent and defiant.
d)
The self-centered and conceited.
19.
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 misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
d)
He crashed his aircraft
20.
What is the opposite of dystopia?
a)
Untopia
b)
Utopia
c)
Protopia
d)
Pretoria
21.
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 society
d)
The society is overpopulated
22.
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
a)
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
b)
Children are not allowed to date
c)
Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
d)
The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony
23.
Why couldn't the community have choices?
a)
The Elders were afraid they would make mistakes.
b)
They wanted to hurt their community.
c)
They didn't know what to do.
d)
They were not smart enough.
24.
What was the outcome when Jonas tried to give Asher and Lily memories?
a)
The Giver scolded Jonas for trying to give away memories.
b)
They each felt uncomfortable that Jonas was putting his hands on them.
c)
Asher perceived colors, but Lily did not perceive the elephants.
d)
Jonas tried to explain to Fiona instead about what the memories were.
25.
What is the ONLY reason a family may be permitted to have a third child?
a)
One of the existing children is lost
b)
The family raises exceptional children
c)
The family is given permission by the Chief Elder
d)
One child is born with pale eyes
26.
The Capacity to See Beyond means that Jonas
a)
Can predict the future
b)
Is able to see colors
c)
Can see things far in the distance
d)
Is able to see people's thoughts
27.
A clue to something that will happen later in the story is known as what?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
28.
When does age no longer matter in the Community?
a)
After Twelve
b)
After Thirteen
c)
After Eleven
d)
After Ten
29.
A shelter in which people live
a)
admonition
b)
dwelling
c)
assimilate
d)
expanse
30.
She looked around in a state of ____________ because she did not know what was happening
a)
Unnerving
b)
Bewilderment
c)
Irrational
d)
Transgression
31.
The exhilarating snow ride changed Jonas forever.
Exhilarating means....
Exhilarating means....
a)
To make someone happy
b)
To make someone melancholy
c)
To make someone sad
d)
To make someone miserable
32.
"But the runners, this time, couldn't slice through the frozen expanse as they had on the other snow cushioned hill."
Expanse means ...
Expanse means ...
a)
to extend
b)
a large open space
c)
contained
d)
rugged
33.
Choose the word that correctly matches the definition:
Raise, foster, encourage
Raise, foster, encourage
a)
aptitude
b)
meticulously
c)
reprieve
d)
nurture
34.
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.
35.
To be a receiver, which quality do you need?
a)
Intelligence
b)
Integrity
c)
Courage
d)
All of these
36.
What is the first object Jonas sees change?
a)
Fiona's hair
b)
Apple
c)
Faces
d)
Rainbow
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.
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.
40.
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time that he and the Giver had planned?
a)
He realized that the Giver is conspiring with the Committee of Elders to trap him.
b)
He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life.
c)
The wind is good, and he needs to take a boat.
d)
He wants to bring Fiona, and he knows the Giver would not approve.
41.
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.
42.
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
43.
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.
44.
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.
45.
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.
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