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WorksheetsThe Giver Vocabulary Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
"It didn't seem like a terribly important rule, but the fact that his father had broken a rule at all (a) him.
"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."
rituals
serene
nurturers
Jonas
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.
apprehensive
chastise
humiliation
wheedle
_________________ 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.
Nondescript
mystified
Distraught
Lily
Which word has the same meaning as conviction?
judgement
excited
anxiety
liberty
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)
Which word defines transgression?
wrong
good
correct
life
The Committee of Elders is the governing body in the community. What were their responsibilities? There are more than one answers.
make the laws
organize the major events and ceremonies
assign the jobs to the children who turn 12
take care of the babies
What is the definition of remorse?
to try again
to assign jobs
a feeling of deep regret
take steps
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.
ironic
intrigued
awed
transgression
