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The Giver Reading-Comprehension

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ritual do the families of Jona's community do each evening?

a)

Having soup together

b)

Sharing feelings

c)

Sharing dreams

d)

Recording the day experiences

2.

What ritual do the families of Jona's community do each morning?

a)

Singing a song to the Sun

b)

Sharing feelings

c)

Having a bowl of oat and milk

d)

Sharing dreams

3.

Almost every citizen in the community has dark eyes except...

a)

Jonas, Gabe, Rosemary

b)

The Giver and Jona's father

c)

Jona's mother and a female six

d)

Jona's parents and his sister

4.

What happens at the Ceremony of 12?

a)

Boys get a manly haircut

b)

Girls cut off their braids

c)

Children receive their assignments

d)

The eldest people get released from the community

5.

Which dream led to Jonas having to take a pill each morning?

a)

He wanted to bathe Fiona

b)

Fiona was about to kiss him

c)

Fiona and Jonas getting married

d)

He wanted to know more girls

6.

What does the pill that Jonas will now take each morning do?

a)

Improve his memory to be the receiver

b)

Avoid any hormonal change as he becomes an adult

c)

Control sexual urgences and romantic feelings

d)

Expand his mind to understand better and faster

7.

What do the Sevens receive at the Ceremony?

a)

Cup of British Tea

b)

Jacket with Front Buttons

c)

New pair of trousers

d)

Old-fashioned pair of sneakers

8.

At which Ceremony do the boys get a manly haircut and the girls lose their braids?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

12

d)

10

9.

What is Asher's assignment?

a)

Oficial Baby Nourisher

b)

Assistant Director of Recreation

c)

Natural Disasters Helper

d)

Elementary English Teacher

10.

What has Jonas been selected for?

a)

To be the next Receiver of Memory

b)

To witness the Old Feelings

c)

To become the Memory Liberator

d)

To design the Children's Assignments

11.

Jonas has been selected for his assignment because he has which traits?

a)

Wisdom, Courage, Integrity, and Intelligence

b)

Trustworthiness, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, and People Dealing Skills

c)

Leadership, Self-confidence, Fast Memory, and Fame

d)

Capacity to see beyond, Dignity, Forgiveness, and Organization Skills

12.

What is the first memory Jonas receives?

a)

Watersplash

b)

Hail

c)

Snow

d)

Raindrops

13.

What is the second memory Jonas receives?

a)

Flower scent

b)

Women's perfume

c)

Morning Fog

d)

Sunshine

14.

What is the first painful memory Jonas receives?

a)

Toothache

b)

Broken heart

c)

Finger blister

d)

Sunburn

15.

What is Jona's ability to see beyond?

a)

Future forecast

b)

Weather forecast

c)

Hear echoes

d)

See color

16.

What are the two things that the Committee of elders has asked the Giver for advice on?

a)

About a third child accommodation in a family and if they should shoot down the jet that flew over the community.

b)

Which twin to get released (first or second) and how to control sexual urgences in teenagers.

c)

The best way to rejoin people on their assignments and the maximum age to be released from the community.

d)

Memories could be spread out and if the newborn babies could then remember their birthmother.

17.

What happens if a birthmother has twins?

a)

She could keep on for herself.

b)

The smallest twin is released.

c)

One of them was sent to a special institute.

d)

The first baby was given to the father.

18.

On the unscheduled holiday, why does Jonas interrupt his friends' game of good guys and bad guys?

a)

He wanted to give them an urgent message.

b)

He recognizes that their game takes a casual attitude towards a tragic event.

c)

He needs to understand which team to join.

d)

He has gotten sick and tired of those childish games.

19.

During their scape, how does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?

a)

He and Gabriel hid under a steel roof which protected them to be found out.

b)

He buried Gabriel under rocks to hide him while he dove into a freezing river.

c)

He took some ice packages from his bag and laid on the floor to cover themselves on ice

d)

He transmits memories of cold so that the heat-seeking planes cannot locate them.

20.

At the end of the novel, what does Jonas see (or thinks he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?

a)

Old photographs from old family albums

b)

Magazines and newspapers from other previous communities

c)

Colored lights in the windows of a house

d)

Zoo animals that had escaped into the community's area