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The Giver Chapters 1-12

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Jonas begin to feel this world is unfair?

a)

Jonas likes color, choices, and things that are not in his world.

b)

The woman selected as birth mothers must give birth to three children.

c)

Children younger than nine do not have the privilege to ride a bicycle.

d)

Jonas has the four attributes the receiver requires.

2.

What is a positive feature of this society?

a)

The community has no sunshine or any weather conditions.

b)

The Committee of Elders chooses who your spouse will be and when you receive them.

c)

The community has no color; everything is black, white, or gray.

d)

Everyone receives equal treatment and all the things they need to live.

3.

What is a negative feature of this society?

a)

The people are safe and healthy in the society.

b)

The people can grow food at any time of year.

c)

The people think that there is no other world but theirs.

d)

The people know what to do in all circumstances.

4.

What is the ritual at breakfast time called?

a)

Telling of feelings

b)

Telling of dreams

c)

Telling of thoughts

d)

Relief-of-pain

5.

What is the ritual at dinner time called?

a)

Telling of feelings

b)

Telling of dreams

c)

Telling of thoughts

d)

Relief-of-pain

6.

What is the beginning of romantic feelings, managed with a pill, called?

a)

Utopia

b)

Dystopia

c)

Stirrings

d)

Mirrings

7.

What word does Jonas use to describe his feelings before the ceremony?

a)

Frightened

b)

Apprehensive

c)

Fascinating

d)

Embarrassing

8.

What is the first memory Jonas receives?

a)

A sled ride

b)

A sunny day

c)

A sunburn

d)

A rainbow

9.

What is the first color Jonas starts to see?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Blue

10.

Who works at the Department of Justice?

a)

Jonas's father

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Asher

d)

Fiona

11.

What does Jonas call the old Receiver of Memory?

a)

The Annex

b)

The House of the Old

c)

The Old Receiver

d)

The Giver

12.

Who is selected as Receiver of Memory?

a)

Gabe

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

13.

Who once called a "snack" a "smack"?

a)

Gabe

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

14.

Who is assigned Assistant Director of Recreation?

a)

Fiona

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

15.

Who is assigned Caretaker of the Old?

a)

Fiona

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

16.

What is the term for a perfect society?

a)

Idyllica

b)

Utopia

c)

Dystopia

d)

Perfecta

17.

Where are new children raised?

a)

The Family Unit

b)

The Department of Justice

c)

The Nurturing Center

d)

School

18.

What does Jonas learn he can do as the new receiver?

a)

Steal

b)

Kill

c)

Lie

d)

Release

19.

Where does the Giver live?

a)

The Committee of Elders

b)

The Annex

c)

The House of the Old

d)

With his family unit

20.

Where do the elderly live?

a)

The Committee of Elders

b)

The Annex

c)

With their family units

d)

The House of the Old

21.

What does Jonas remember being frightened of at the beginning of the novel?

a)

A plane

b)

The ceremony of one

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

22.

Which of these is used to discipline the young and the old?

a)

discipline wand

b)

relief-of-pain medication

c)

stirrings

d)

hair ribbons

23.

Which ceremony marks the end of childhood?

a)

ceremony of ten

b)

ceremony of eleven

c)

ceremony of twelve

d)

ceremony of thirteen

24.

At which ceremony does a child receive an assignment?

a)

ceremony of nine

b)

ceremony of ten

c)

ceremony of eleven

d)

ceremony of twelve

25.

At which ceremony does a child receive special underclothes and a calculator pocket?

a)

ceremony of nine

b)

ceremony of ten

c)

ceremony of eleven

d)

ceremony of twelve

26.

At which ceremony is a child given a haircut?

a)

ceremony of eight

b)

ceremony of nine

c)

ceremony of ten

d)

ceremony of eleven

27.

At which ceremony does a child receive a bicycle?

a)

ceremony of seven

b)

ceremony of eight

c)

ceremony of nine

d)

ceremony of ten

28.

At which ceremony does a child have to return their comfort object?

a)

ceremony of seven

b)

ceremony of eight

c)

ceremony of nine

d)

ceremony of ten

29.

At which ceremony is a child given pockets for small items?

a)

ceremony of seven

b)

ceremony of eight

c)

ceremony of nine

d)

ceremony of ten

30.

At which ceremony does a child receive a jacket with buttons up the front?

a)

ceremony of seven

b)

ceremony of eight

c)

ceremony of nine

d)

ceremony of ten

31.

At which ceremony does a child receive a name and a family?

a)

ceremony of birth

b)

ceremony of one

c)

ceremony of two

d)

ceremony of three

32.

At which ceremony does a child receive a comfort object?

a)

ceremony of birth

b)

ceremony of one

c)

ceremony of two

d)

ceremony of three

33.

Who makes all the important decisions in the community?

a)

The Committee of Elders

b)

The Receiver of Memory

c)

The Giver

d)

The Department of Justice

34.

How many times do citizens have to break the rules to be released?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

10

35.

How many children are born each year?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

75

d)

100

36.

What is the maximum number of children a family unit can have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

37.

How many children does each birth mother have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

38.

Who is Jonas's sister?

a)

Rosemary

b)

Edna

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

39.

Whose hair ribbons are constantly untied?

a)

Lily

b)

Edna

c)

Larissa

d)

Fiona

40.

Who thinks birth mother is a low-honor assignment?

a)

Fiona

b)

Edna

c)

Lily

d)

Jonas's mother

41.

How is "seeing beyond" developing for Jonas?

a)

Jonas is starting to hear music.

b)

Jonas is starting to see colors.

c)

Jonas is starting to smell things.

d)

Jonas is starting to taste food.

42.

Who works at the Nurturing Center?

a)

Jonas's father

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

43.

Who is Gabe?

a)

Gabe is Jonas's father, a worker at the Nurturing Center.

b)

Gabe is Jonas's best friend from school

c)

Gabe is the unlawful third child in Jonas's family.

d)

Gabe is a new child Jonas's father brings home.

44.

Why is Jonas selected as the Receiver?

a)

Jonas completed his volunteer hours at different places.

b)

The Committee of Elders had no other job for Jonas.

c)

Jonas has the four attributes the receiver requires.

d)

The Committee of Elders forgot Jonas existed.

45.

Who is the new child who has trouble sleeping?

a)

Gabe

b)

Jonas

c)

Lily

d)

Rosemary

46.

Who was scheduled to be released because he cannot sleep through the night?

a)

Jonas

b)

Lily

c)

Gabe

d)

Asher

47.

What is puzzling for Jonas about his instructions for Receiver of training?

a)

He is not allowed to lie and be rude.

b)

He is not allowed to leave the community.

c)

He is allowed to lie and be rude.

d)

He is allowed to leave the community.

48.

Why does their community have no snow for sledding?

a)

The community has a tropical climate.

b)

The community has climate control.

c)

The community immediately removes snow.

d)

The community is indoors.

49.

What is the attitude towards mirrors in the book?

a)

They are deemed important and necessary.

b)

They are deemed inappropriate and frowned upon.

c)

They are deemed unnecessary and luxuries.

d)

They do not know mirrors exist at all.

50.

Who wants to be a birth mother?

a)

Larissa

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily