WorksheetsThe Giver Ch. 13-23 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
How has Jonas changed since the beginning of the novel?
He can see color
He can lie
He can ask questions that are rude
He does not have to share his dreams
All of the above
What event in the novel made Jonas think that his father was a liar?
His father didn't know what the word love meant.
His Father let Lily stay up after her bedtime.
He saw his Father release a new child.
His Father talked to the Giver about Jonas' training.
Which of the following describes a Dystopian Society?
People can do magic.
Everyone is in charge.
There are a strict set of rules and guidelines that everyone must follow.
It takes place in the past.
Why does Jonas take Gabriel with him when he flees the community?
He wants the memories he gave to Gabriel.
He feels like Gabriel is his only family.
He learns that they are going to release Gabriel and wants to save him.
The Giver told him to take Gabriel with him.
What does excruciating mean?
intensely painful
pain free
endurable
pleasant
What does chastise mean?
compliment
explain
reward
punish
What is the overall theme of the novel?
Freedom.
The importance of making good friends.
A boy risks his life to save his community and a young child.
The importance of individuality and being able to achieve your goals and dreams in life.
Read the following passage: "Jonas was shocked. A name designated Not-to-Be-Spoken indicated the highest degree of disgrace. 'What happened to her?' he asked nervously. But his parents looked blank. 'We don't know,' his father said uncomfortably. 'We never saw her again.' A silence fell over the room."
Which set of words best describes the author's tone in this passage?
frustrated and urgent
mysterious and troubled
miserable and disappointed
How does the author use figurative language in this passage from Jonas' snow memory: "He could see a bright, whirling torrent of crystals in the air around him, and he could see them gather on the backs of his hands, like a cold fur."
A simile is used to compare the whirling crystals to cold fur.
A simile is used to compare the backs of his hands to cold fur.
Personification is used to show the air gathering.
Which quotation best demonstrates Jonas' frustration with Sameness?
"Why did the colors disappear?"
"We really have to protect people from wrong choices."
"I want to wake up in the morning and decide things."
Which example most strongly demonstrates The Giver using his wisdom to help the Community?
"I knew that there had been times in the past when people had destroyed others in haste, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction."
"I simply advised them against increasing the population."
"They prepared to shoot it down. but they sought my advice."
Choose the description from Jonas' memory of warfare in which the author's tone can be described as mournful:
He lay sprawled, his gray uniform glistening with wet, fresh blood.
A wild-eyed horse, its bridle torn and dangling, trotted frantically through the mounds of men, tossing its head, whinnying in panic.
Dirt streaked the boy's face and his matted blond hair.
Read the following passage: "'What about you? Do you lie to me, too?' Jonas almost spat the question at The Giver." The author uses the word spat
To convey an air of mistrust between Jonas and The Giver
To convey Jonas' frustration after viewing the release
To show that Jonas is asking these questions very rapidly
Which quotation most clearly reveals The Giver's motivation to stay in the Community?
"When the memories return, they'll need help."
"I wouldn't make it. I'm very weakened now."
"You needed me then. And now they will."
Which passage best reflects Jonas' determination to reach Elsewhere?
"'We're almost there, Gabriel,' he whispered, feeling quite certain without knowing why."
"Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled, clutching Gabriel, keeping him safe."
"The top of the hill seemed so far away, and he did not know what lay beyond. But there was nothing left to do but continue."
"But that evening everything changed. All of it--all the things they had thought through so meticulously--fell apart." Which example demonstrates the meaning of the word "meticulously"?
"It would work, they could make it work, Jonas told himself again and again throughout the day."
"Jonas and The Giver had gone over it and over it, late into the night hours."
"The Giver would transfer every memory of courage and strength he could to Jonas."
Why do you think The Giver encourages Jonas to watch the video of the twin’s
release? Should The Giver have done this? Why or why not?
What change do we see in Jonas as his difficult journey continues and he and Gabe grow weaker? Provide examples from the novel.
