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The Giver

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote The Giver?

a)

S. E. Hinton

b)

Lois Lowry

c)

J. K. Rowling

d)

Roal Dahl

2.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

A controlled evironment/community in the future

b)

A present day community

c)

A futuristic space community

d)

A controlled evironment/community in the past

3.

Who is the protagonist?

a)

The Giver

b)

Fiona

c)

Jonas

d)

Asher

4.

Who/What is the antagonist

a)

The Chief Elder

b)

The community

c)

Jonas' parents

d)

The Giver

5.

Jonas is what type of character?

a)

flat and dynamic

b)

round and static

c)

flat and static

d)

round and dynamic

6.

How can the community be characterized?

a)

Utopian, but controlling with little true freedom

b)

Just like ours

c)

A place that doesn't care for it's people

d)

Utopian with freedom for everyone

7.

In the __________ of the story, we are introduced to the community, the rules, and Jonas.

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Rising Action

8.

What is the main type of conflict in The Giver?

a)

Character vs. Supernatural

b)

Character vs. Character

c)

Character vs. Self

d)

Character vs. Society

9.

Which events would be part of the Rising Action?

a)

Jonas receives memories, he realizes what release is, he devises an escape plan

b)

Jonas realizes what pain is, sees the release of the twin, escapes to Elsewhere

c)

Jonas is selected, he begins to receive memories, he stops taking his pills

d)

Jonas sees an airplane, he meets the Giver, he finds the sled

10.

What is the climax (turning point) of The Giver?

a)

Jonas stops taking his pills.

b)

Jonas receives his first memory.

c)

Jonas starts to see the color red.

d)

Jonas watches the twin's release and realizes what's happening.

11.

Which events would be part of the Falling Action?

a)

Jonas and the Giver make an escape plan, Jonas takes Gabriel, they make it to Elsewhere

b)

Jonas is selected, receives memories, leaves the community

c)

Jonas receives memories, learns of Rosemary, takes Gabriel

d)

Jonas is skipped at the ceremony, is selected, makes an escape plan

12.

The __________ of the story is ambiguous, meaning: it's up to the reader to decide if Jonas and Gabriel survived.

a)

point of view

b)

theme

c)

resolution

d)

conflict

13.

What is the point of view of The Giver?

a)

First Person (Jonas)

b)

Third Person Limited (Jonas)

c)

Third Person Limited (The Giver)

d)

Third Person Omniscient

14.

What are two of the themes of The Giver we discussed?

a)

Being strong is important to survival.

b)

Loneliness and Separation make connections with others diffficult.

c)

Freedom and choice are important to a fulfilled life.

d)

None of the above

15.

What were the "stirrings" that Jonas felt and the pills controlled?

a)

emotions

b)

feelings

c)

certain desires

d)

all of the above

16.

Once Jonas left the community, all the memories went back to the people who didn't understand them.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Based on descriptions, the holiday that Jonas disovers love is most likely what?

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

A birthday

c)

Christmas

d)

Unknown

18.

What was it that the Giver could "hear beyond?"

a)

talking

b)

singing

c)

Rosemary's voice

d)

music

19.

Once Jonas understood that "You may lie" was in his rules, he worried that others could lie as well.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What were the two most influential memories for Jonas?

a)

Love (family together at Christmas)

b)

Pain (sunburn, broken ankle)

c)

Animals (they were once real)

d)

War (soldier dying)