WorksheetsThe Giver Chapters 1-12
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Why does Jonas begin to feel this world is unfair?
Jonas likes color, choices, and things that are not in his world.
The woman selected as birth mothers must give birth to three children.
Children younger than nine do not have the privilege to ride a bicycle.
Jonas has the four attributes the receiver requires.
What is a positive feature of this society?
The community has no sunshine or any weather conditions.
The Committee of Elders chooses who your spouse will be and when you receive them.
The community has no color; everything is black, white, or gray.
Everyone receives equal treatment and all the things they need to live.
What is a negative feature of this society?
The people are safe and healthy in the society.
The people can grow food at any time of year.
The people think that there is no other world but theirs.
The people know what to do in all circumstances.
What is the ritual at breakfast time called?
Telling of feelings
Telling of dreams
Telling of thoughts
Relief-of-pain
What is the ritual at dinner time called?
Telling of feelings
Telling of dreams
Telling of thoughts
Relief-of-pain
What is the beginning of romantic feelings, managed with a pill, called?
Utopia
Dystopia
Stirrings
Mirrings
What word does Jonas use to describe his feelings before the ceremony?
Frightened
Apprehensive
Fascinating
Embarrassing
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
A sled ride
A sunny day
A sunburn
A rainbow
What is the first color Jonas starts to see?
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Who works at the Department of Justice?
Jonas's father
Jonas's mother
Asher
Fiona
What does Jonas call the old Receiver of Memory?
The Annex
The House of the Old
The Old Receiver
The Giver
Who is selected as Receiver of Memory?
Gabe
Asher
Jonas
Lily
Who once called a "snack" a "smack"?
Gabe
Asher
Jonas
Lily
Who is assigned Assistant Director of Recreation?
Fiona
Asher
Jonas
Lily
Who is assigned Caretaker of the Old?
Fiona
Asher
Jonas
Lily
What is the term for a perfect society?
Idyllica
Utopia
Dystopia
Perfecta
Where are new children raised?
The Family Unit
The Department of Justice
The Nurturing Center
School
What does Jonas learn he can do as the new receiver?
Steal
Kill
Lie
Release
Where does the Giver live?
The Committee of Elders
The Annex
The House of the Old
With his family unit
Where do the elderly live?
The Committee of Elders
The Annex
With their family units
The House of the Old
What does Jonas remember being frightened of at the beginning of the novel?
A plane
The ceremony of one
Fiona
Lily
Which of these is used to discipline the young and the old?
discipline wand
relief-of-pain medication
stirrings
hair ribbons
Which ceremony marks the end of childhood?
ceremony of ten
ceremony of eleven
ceremony of twelve
ceremony of thirteen
At which ceremony does a child receive an assignment?
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
ceremony of eleven
ceremony of twelve
At which ceremony does a child receive special underclothes and a calculator pocket?
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
ceremony of eleven
ceremony of twelve
At which ceremony is a child given a haircut?
ceremony of eight
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
ceremony of eleven
At which ceremony does a child receive a bicycle?
ceremony of seven
ceremony of eight
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
At which ceremony does a child have to return their comfort object?
ceremony of seven
ceremony of eight
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
At which ceremony is a child given pockets for small items?
ceremony of seven
ceremony of eight
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
At which ceremony does a child receive a jacket with buttons up the front?
ceremony of seven
ceremony of eight
ceremony of nine
ceremony of ten
At which ceremony does a child receive a name and a family?
ceremony of birth
ceremony of one
ceremony of two
ceremony of three
At which ceremony does a child receive a comfort object?
ceremony of birth
ceremony of one
ceremony of two
ceremony of three
Who makes all the important decisions in the community?
The Committee of Elders
The Receiver of Memory
The Giver
The Department of Justice
How many times do citizens have to break the rules to be released?
1
3
5
10
How many children are born each year?
25
50
75
100
What is the maximum number of children a family unit can have?
1
2
3
4
How many children does each birth mother have?
1
2
3
4
Who is Jonas's sister?
Rosemary
Edna
Fiona
Lily
Whose hair ribbons are constantly untied?
Lily
Edna
Larissa
Fiona
Who thinks birth mother is a low-honor assignment?
Fiona
Edna
Lily
Jonas's mother
How is "seeing beyond" developing for Jonas?
Jonas is starting to hear music.
Jonas is starting to see colors.
Jonas is starting to smell things.
Jonas is starting to taste food.
Who works at the Nurturing Center?
Jonas's father
Jonas's mother
Fiona
Lily
Who is Gabe?
Gabe is Jonas's father, a worker at the Nurturing Center.
Gabe is Jonas's best friend from school
Gabe is the unlawful third child in Jonas's family.
Gabe is a new child Jonas's father brings home.
Why is Jonas selected as the Receiver?
Jonas completed his volunteer hours at different places.
The Committee of Elders had no other job for Jonas.
Jonas has the four attributes the receiver requires.
The Committee of Elders forgot Jonas existed.
Who is the new child who has trouble sleeping?
Gabe
Jonas
Lily
Rosemary
Who was scheduled to be released because he cannot sleep through the night?
Jonas
Lily
Gabe
Asher
What is puzzling for Jonas about his instructions for Receiver of training?
He is not allowed to lie and be rude.
He is not allowed to leave the community.
He is allowed to lie and be rude.
He is allowed to leave the community.
Why does their community have no snow for sledding?
The community has a tropical climate.
The community has climate control.
The community immediately removes snow.
The community is indoors.
What is the attitude towards mirrors in the book?
They are deemed important and necessary.
They are deemed inappropriate and frowned upon.
They are deemed unnecessary and luxuries.
They do not know mirrors exist at all.
Who wants to be a birth mother?
Larissa
Jonas's mother
Fiona
Lily
