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WorksheetsThe Giver Chapters 13-18 Text-Dependent Questions Standard
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Part A: Which character traits best describe The Giver in Chapter 15 of The Giver?
pleased and agreeable
quiet and relaxed
embarrassed and ashamed
suffering and miserable
Part B: Which two details below best supports Part A? CHOOSE 2!
“‘forgive me’ he said” Page 151
“Jonas helped him to his chair” Page 149
“‘Please,’ he gasped, ‘take some of the pain’” Page 149
“entered the memory that was torturing The Giver” Page 149
“what he had done” Page 151
Part A: How is the text of Chapter 16 structured?
sequence of events
cause and effect
compare and contrast
description
Part B: What are the three best details below that agree with Part A? CHOOSE 3!
“although he had learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he gained too, an understanding of solitude” Page 153
“but the choice was not his” Page 152
“now he understood about animals” Page 153
“he didn’t want the memories, didn’t want the honor” Page 152
“now he understood the joy of being an individual” Page 153
Part A: What happened to the memories of the failed Receiver-in-Training?
They were transmitted to the other people of the community.
No one ever knew what happened to them.
They were returned to The Giver’s memory.
They were lost forever.
Part B: What page proves Part A?
Page 130
Page 131
Page 132
Page 133
Read this excerpt from page 150:
The colors of carnage were grotesquely bright; the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy’s yellow hair.
The boy stared at him. “Water,” he begged again. When he spoke, a new spurt of blood drenched the coarse cloth across his chest and sleeve.
Part A: What is the meaning of the word crimson as used above?
red
heavy
soggy
green
Part B: Which detail below best supports Part A?
“wetness”
“ripped shreds of grass”
“rough and dusty fabric”
“new spurt of blood drenched the coarse cloth”
Part A: Why does The Giver say “they know nothing” on pages 132-133?
People are not very smart.
People refuse to listen to him.
People don’t understand what they don’t know.
People question too much.
Part B: What are the two best details below to support Part A? CHOOSE 2!
“without the memories, it’s all meaningless”
“No, here, in my being. Where the memories are”
“they gave that burden to me”
“terrified that the Committee might be listening as they could at any time”
“this was a terrible accusation”
Read this excerpt from page 165:
On this unexpected, casual holiday he felt happy, as he always had on holidays; but with a deeper happiness than ever before. Thinking, as he always did, about precision of language, Jonas realized that it was a new depth of feelings that he was experiencing. Somehow they were not at all the same as the feelings that every evening, in every dwelling, every citizen analyzed with endless talk.
Part A: What does the word depth mean as used in the text above?
wisdom or insight
excessive chatting
thoughts
capabilities
Part B: Which detail best supports Part A?
“somehow they were not the same”
“analyzed with endless talk”
“with a deeper happiness than ever before”
“thinking, as he always did”
Part A: Which character traits best describe the failed Receiver-in-Training, Rosemary, in The Giver?
sullen and rude
brash and hasty
shy and plain
shocked and disgusted
Part B: Which detail below best supports Part A?
“‘I never saw her again.’” Page 179
“‘I transferred a memory of a child taken from its parents. That was the first one. She appeared stunned at its end.’” Page 178
“‘She was eager and excited and a little scared. We talked. I tried to explain things as well as I could.’” Page 176
“‘She left here that day, left this room, and did not go back to her dwelling.’” Page 179
Review the text below and choose the correct format and punctuation:
Jonas' family children included enjoyed the unannounced holiday where they could be free from school and work.
Choose all correct answers.
Jonas' family children included, enjoyed the unannounced holiday where they could be free from school and work.
Jonas' family, children included– enjoyed the unannounced holiday where they could be free from school and work.
Jonas' family, children included, enjoyed the unannounced holiday where they could be free from school and work.
Jonas' family– children included– enjoyed the unannounced holiday where they could be free from school and work.
No change
Choose the correct punctuation and format of the text below:
Jonas is able to receive the Givers memories because he is different.
Jonas is able to receive the Giver's memories because he is different.
Jonas' is able to receive the Giver's memories because he is different.
Jonas is able to receive the Givers' memories because he is different.
No change
Correct the grammar in the sentence below:
The community members memories are shared only with the Receiver of Memory.
The community members' memories' are shared only with the Receiver of Memory.
The community member's memories are shared only with the Receiver of Memory.
The community members' memories are shared only with the Receiver of Memory.
No change
Correct the following sentence:
Although Jonas enjoys time with his friends he is starting to see that they are drifting further apart.
Although Jonas enjoys time with his friends, he is starting to see that they are drifting further apart.
Although, Jonas enjoys time with his friends he is starting to see that they are drifting further apart.
Although, Jonas enjoys time with his friends, he is starting to see that they are drifting further apart.
No change
