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The Giver Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"It didn't seem like a terribly important rule, but the fact that his father had broken a rule at all (a)   him.

2.

"It was one of the __________, the evening telling of feelings. Sometimes Jonas and his sister, Lily, argued over turns, over who would get t go first."

a)

rituals

b)

serene

c)

nurturers

d)

Jonas

3.

He waited for his father to _________Lily. Lily, he decided, would have to learn that soon, or she would be called in for chastisement because of her insensitive chatter.

a)

apprehensive

b)

chastise

c)

humiliation

d)

wheedle

4.

_________________ is too strong an adjective to describe salmon-viewing.” Jonas, nearing his home now, smiled at the recollection. But it's the Ceremony that I'm apprehensive about. But like all parents- all adults- they didn't fight and wheedle for their turn.

a)

Nondescript

b)

mystified

c)

Distraught

d)

Lily

5.

Which word has the same meaning as conviction?

a)

judgement

b)

excited

c)

anxiety

d)

liberty

6.

Soon she smiled, thanked them, and murmured that she felt soothed. “I'm feeling ___________,” he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him. But it's the Ceremony that I'm ________ about.

(a)  

7.

Which word defines transgression?

a)

wrong

b)

good

c)

correct

d)

life

8.

The Committee of Elders is the governing body in the community. What were their responsibilities? There are more than one answers.

a)

make the laws

b)

organize the major events and ceremonies

c)

assign the jobs to the children who turn 12

d)

take care of the babies

9.

What is the definition of remorse?

a)

to try again

b)

to assign jobs

c)

a feeling of deep regret

d)

take steps

10.

Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, __________, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community.

a)

ironic

b)

intrigued

c)

awed

d)

transgression