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The Giver Chapter 1-10 Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the beginning of the book we are told of someone who was released. Who was that?

a)

Caretaker

b)

Nurturer

c)

Pilot

d)

Engineer

2.

What rule do the children often break and not get in trouble for?

a)

Riding a bicycle before they are a Nine.

b)

Using the wrong word when speaking.

c)

Being late for school.

d)

Not sharing their dreams at the morning meal.

3.

Birthmothers are considered useless and not necessary for the community.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which answer choice best describes Asher?

a)

Asher is very motivated and determined to be a Doctor.

b)

Asher is a hardworking focused student who hopes to get the most important Assignment in the community.

c)

Asher is very silly and does not have any serious interests.

d)

Asher is a rule breaker and will probably be released.

5.

Jonas is finally able to decide on the word that best described how he was feeling. What was that word?

a)

Frightened

b)

Apprehensive

c)

Astonished

d)

Bewildered

6.

Who is Gabriel?

a)

Gabriel is Asher's brother.

b)

Gabriel is in the group of Twelves with Jonas.

c)

Gabriel is the first One to be given a name and family at the Ceremony of Ones.

d)

Gabriel is the newchild that Jonas's Father brings home from the Nurturing Center.

7.

Jonas's number is Nineteen because he was the nineteenth baby born that year.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What do Jonas's parents do for a living?

a)

Pilot and Food Production

b)

Nurturer and Caretaker

c)

Director of Threes and Fish Hatchery

d)

Nurturer and Department of Law and Justice

9.

Why does the Chief Elder skip Jonas's number?

a)

Because he is going to be released.

b)

Because he has been selected for the most honorable Assignment.

c)

Because the Elders do not like him.

d)

Because Jonas will have to repeat his Eleven year.

10.

How does the Receiver have so many memories?

a)

They hook up the Receiver to the memory machine.

b)

They are transmitted to him from the previous Receiver.

c)

From their own past personal experiences.

d)

The memories are kept in a pensieve in Dumbledore's office.

11.

Which one of the answer choices is NOT on Jonas's Assignment paper?

a)

You may have more than two children.

b)

You may lie.

c)

Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.

d)

From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.

12.

What did Jonas experience in his dream?

a)

A nightmare.

b)

The feeling one gets when they get their Assignment.

c)

Stirrings, attraction towards the other gender.

d)

He dreamt of a place that does not exist.

13.

Which answer choice shows the most significant difference in the Giver's dwelling?

a)

Books

b)

Computer

c)

Phone

d)

Furniture

14.

What is the tradition the community performs at the Ceremony of Loss and the Murmur-of-Replacement Ceremony?

a)

They go over the rules of the community again so another tragic mistake does not happen again.

b)

They light a lot of candles and pray.

c)

They print out a picture of the two and hang it in the community square.

d)

They chant the name aloud as a whole community.

15.

Gabriel, Jonas, the current Receiver, and a female in the Fives all have light pale eyes.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What happened to the apple when Jonas was playing catch with Asher?

a)

Another Twelve stole it.

b)

It became larger and larger.

c)

The Security Guard took it from them.

d)

It changed somehow.

17.

Who is the woman that Jonas helps in the House of the Old?

a)

Chief Elder

b)

Arissa

c)

Mary

d)

Larissa

18.

What is the purpose of the pill that Jonas's Mother gives him.

a)

To make him healthy.

b)

To cure his headache.

c)

To stop the Stirrings.

d)

To stop the nightmares.

19.

When did Jonas see a change?

a)

His experience with the apple and the faces in the crowd.

b)

The faces in the crowd and at home with the comfort object.

c)

His experience with the apple and at the House of Old.

d)

The comfort object and riding bicycles with Asher.

20.

The purpose of the Rehabilitation Center is to...

a)

help those you get kicked out of school.

b)

discipline those who have made too many transgressions.

c)

help those who have been injured.

d)

help the newchildren grow and stay nourished.

21.

"Members of Jonas's community seem very ignorant." What does ignorant mean?

a)

alert

b)

well-informed

c)

knowledgeable

d)

unknowing

22.

Volunteer hours are enforced so that parents do not have to work.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

At the House of the Old, Jonas, Asher, and Fiona help to make the elderly's beds and clean their rooms.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What happens at the morning ritual?

a)

feeling telling

b)

prayer

c)

dream-sharing

d)

book circle

25.

Who was apprehensive about December?

a)

Jonas

b)

Asher

c)

Father

d)

Lily

26.

Who said "smack" instead of "snack"?

a)

Pierre

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Gabriel

27.

Who is the newchild that Father brings home?

a)

Pierre

b)

Benjamin

c)

Gabriel

d)

Roberto

28.

Who wants to be a Birthmother?

a)

Mother

b)

Larissa

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

29.

Why did the Chief Elder skip over Jonas at the Ceremony of Twelve?

a)

Because she does not like him.

b)

Because she forgot he existed.

c)

Because he has been selected as Director of Sanitation.

d)

Because he has been selected as the new Receiver

30.

What are Stirrings?

a)

Early signs of the flu.

b)

An intense feeling of "wanting".

c)

Nightmares.

d)

Something you do with a spoon.