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WorksheetsThe Giver - All chapters review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
He was a spy from an enemy community.
He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time.
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community.
He crashed his aircraft.
Why does Jonas decide that "apprehensive" is a better word for his feeling than "frightened"?
He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary, since he is turning twelve soon.
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels.
He likes words that begin with vowels.
His mother once used the word "apprehensive" and he admires her.
What does Jonas's mother do for a living?
She is a Nurturer.
She is a Birthmother.
She is a Storyteller.
She works for the department of justice.
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community?
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine.
Airplanes are not to be flown over the community.
The names of new children are secret until the Naming Ceremony.
Why does Jonas worry about Asher's Assignment?
Asher is easily disappointed and will probably find a problem with his assignment.
Asher will fail at any Assignment he is given.
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests.
Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for an Assignment.
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
He bites the staff at the Nurturing Center.
He is not growing fast enough and cannot sleep through the night.
He is deformed.
He smiles too much, and the staff suspects he will be abnormally gassy when he grows up.
Where did the Giver get his wisdom?
From his own experience.
From reading books.
From a surgical operation.
From memories transmitted by the previous Receiver.
Which of the following was not written on Jonas's Assignment sheet?
You are permitted to lie.
You are not permitted to apply for a spouse.
You are not permitted to apply for release.
You are exempted from rules governing rudeness.
What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
He places his hands on Jonas's bare back and gives him memories.
He teaches Jonas to read novels with a critical eye.
He burns Jonas with a hot iron repeatedly until Jonas can endure pain.
He shows Jonas videos of events that happened in the distant past.
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
A ride on a sled through falling snow.
A sunburn.
A family Christmas.
A ride on a sled resulting in a broken leg.
Why is Lily skeptical of Jonas's story about the elephants?
She is afraid of elephants, so she thinks Jonas is just trying to scare her.
Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary creatures.
Jonas is a liar.
Lily is an expert on elephants and knows they would never behave in the way Jonas describes them.
What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen 10 years ago?
Poppy
Fiona
Melanie
Rosemary
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
If Jonas left the community, all the valuable time and money spent on his training would be wasted.
If Jonas left the community, all the memories he had accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos.
If Jonas left the community, all of the Committee of Elders would die of broken hearts because they love him so much.
If Jonas left, the Giver would be lonely.
How does Jonas help the new child Gabriel go to sleep?
He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds.
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake.
He tells him bedtime stories.
He injects him with a mild sleeping medicine.
Why do Jonas's parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
They think that Jonas will feel smothered by their love.
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning.
They secretly hate him.
They were not paying attention when he asked if they loved him.
Why does Jonas interrupt his friends' game of good guys and bad guys?
They did not let him play.
He has a better idea for a game and thinks his rank as Receiver should count for something.
They are not following the rules governing gameplay.
He recognizes that their game takes a casual attitude toward tragedy.
Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
The staff is mean.
They need to practice their releasing techniques.
It is inconvenient to have identical people walking around.
One twin is always seriously ill at birth.
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
He realizes that the Giver is conspiring (planning) with the Committee of Elders to trap him.
The wind is good, and he needs to take a boat.
He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life.
He wants to bring Fiona, and he knows the Giver would not approve.
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
He covers their bodies with thick, dirty leaves.
He transmits memories of cold so that the heat-seeking planes cannot locate them.
He bribes one of the Pilots to ignore them.
He stays very still because they are motion-sensitive.
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled (at the end of the book)?
Colored lights in the windows of houses.
A search party from the community.
His parents waiting for him.
A child with a broken leg who has fallen from his sled.
