Worksheets(R) The Giver: Comprehensive Novel Assessment
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
a)
He was a spy from an enemy community
b)
He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time
c)
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
d)
He crashed his aircraft
2.
Why does Jonas decide 'apprehensive' is a better word than 'frightened'?
a)
He likes words that begin with vowels
b)
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
c)
He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary
d)
His mother once used the word and he admires her
3.
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
a)
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
b)
Adults and children are not allowed to hug each other
c)
Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
d)
The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony
4.
Why does Jonas's mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
a)
Birthmothers are lazy
b)
Giving birth is dangerous
c)
The position holds little honor
d)
The society is overpopulated
5.
Why does Jonas worry about Asher's Assignment?
a)
Asher lacks serious interests
b)
Asher hasn't completed enough volunteer hours
c)
Asher will fail at any Assignment
d)
Asher is easily disappointed
6.
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
a)
He cannot sleep through the night
b)
He is deformed
c)
He bites staff
d)
He smiles too much
7.
What do the numbers assigned to children signify?
a)
Order of birth
b)
Rank in school
c)
Height in inches
d)
Department assignment
8.
How does the community react to a child's death?
a)
Chant the child's name softly
b)
Hold a candlelight vigil
c)
Hold safety seminars
d)
Send casseroles
9.
How does the Giver train Jonas?
a)
Shows historical videos to teach him about the past
b)
Places hands on Jonas's back to transmit memories
c)
Burns Jonas with hot iron to teach him pain
d)
Teaches him how to read to gain knowledge
10.
Which of the following was not written on Jonas’s Assignment sheet?
a)
You are permitted to lie
b)
You are not permitted to apply for release
c)
You are not permitted to apply for a spouse
d)
You are exempted from rules governing rudeness
11.
What are Stirrings?
a)
Religious gatherings
b)
Leftover pancake batter
c)
Feelings of love or desire
d)
First color perception
12.
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
a)
A sunburn
b)
Family at Christmas
c)
Sled ride resulting in broken leg
d)
Sled ride through snow
13.
What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen ten years ago?
a)
Poppy
b)
Melanie
c)
Fiona
d)
Rosemary
14.
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
a)
If Jonas left the community, all the valuable time and money spent on his training would be wasted
b)
If Jonas left the community, all of the Committee of Elders would die of broken hearts because they love him so much
c)
If Jonas left the community, all the memories he had accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos
d)
If Jonas left, the Giver would be lonely
15.
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
a)
He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds
b)
He tells him bedtime stories
c)
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake
d)
He injects him with a mild sleeping drug
16.
Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
a)
They think that Jonas will feel smothered by their love
b)
They secretly hate him
c)
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning
d)
They were not paying attention when he asked if they loved him
17.
Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
a)
The staff is hateful
b)
It is inconvenient to have identical people walking around
c)
They need to practice their releasing techniques
d)
One twin is always seriously ill at birth
18.
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
a)
He realizes that the Giver is conspiring with the Committee of Elders to trap him
b)
He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life
c)
The wind is good, and he needs to take a boat
d)
He wants to bring Fiona, and he knows the Giver would not approve
19.
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
a)
He covers their bodies with thick, dirty leaves
b)
He bribes one of the Pilots to ignore them
c)
He transmits memories of cold so that the heat- seeking planes cannot locate them
d)
He stays very still because they are motion-sensitive
20.
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
a)
Colored lights in the windows of houses
b)
His parents waiting for him
c)
A search party from the community
d)
A child with a broken leg who has fallen from his sled
21.
PART A. How does Jonas’s understanding of “release” change over the course of the novel?
a)
He always thought release was a compassionate act and continues to believe that.
b)
He originally thinks release is humane but later realizes it can be cruel and final.
c)
He never questions release and accepts it as a normal part of life.
22.
PART B. Which of the following pieces of evidence BEST supports your answer in part A?
a)
“There were only two occasions of release which were not punishment. Release of the elderly, which was a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived; and release of a newchild, which always brought a sense of what-could-we-have-done."
b)
"Jonas watches his father release a new twin by lethal injection, realizing: "He had not been released; he had been killed.""
23.
How does the author BEST help the readers understand the problems within Jonas's community?
a)
Through vivid descriptions and imagery
b)
Through dialogue between characters
c)
Through Jonas's character development
24.
What does Gabriel symbolize in the story?
a)
The danger of uncontrolled emotions
b)
Hope and the possibility of a different or better future
c)
The failure of memory and history
25.
How do memories function as a metaphor for human experience?
a)
They represent emotional depth and individual growth
b)
They are simple historical records
c)
They serve no significant purpose in the novel
26.
How does the dystopian society of the community and Jonas's experiences in "The Giver" warn readers about the risks of trading freedom for comfort?
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