The Giver End-of-Novel Comprehension Quiz

People Matching Match the people with the correct descriptions. Jonas assigned Receiver of Memory The Giver the only person with books Asher assigned Assistant Director of Recreation Fiona assigned Caretaker of the Old Lily good story-teller and loved new children Father assigned Nurturer Mother assigned to the Department of Justice Gabriel received memories from Jonas Pick the best word to fill the blank. Each word is only used once so you may have to switch words around to make them all fit. 1. Jonas and his family lived in a community that had gone to sameness.2. No one in the community could see colors.3. One day, while Jonas and Asher were playing with an apple, Jonas thought it changed somehow.4. Jonas first started having the stirrings when he had a dream about Fiona.5. Jonas' first memory that he received was snow.6. The Giver's first experience with "seeing beyond" was music.7. Jonas and Gabriel found a sled at the top of the hill. True The Ceremony of Twelve marked the end of formal schooling and entry into the workforce. True False What evening ritual did the family perform after dinner? They went of a walk. They shared their feelings. They watched television together. They did the dishes and cleaned the house. What was unusual about Jonas and the new child, Gabriel? They both had pale eyes. They both had red hair. They both cried a lot when they were babies. They both had a distaste for grapefruit. Excerpt #1 from Chapter 8 "Jonas was identified as a possible Reciever many years ago. We have observed him meticulously... "He has shown all of the qualities that a Receiver must have." With her hand still firmly on his shoulder, the Chief Elder listed the qualities. “Intelligence,” she said. “We are all aware that Jonas has been a top student throughout his school days. “Integrity,” she said next. “Jonas has, like all of us, committed minor transgressions.” She smiled at him. “We expect that. We hoped, also, that he would present himself promptly for chastisement, and he has always done so. “Courage,” she went on. “Only one of us here today has ever undergone the rigorous training required of a Receiver. He, of course, is the most important member of the community: the current Receiver. It was he who reminded us, again and again, of the courage required. “Jonas,” she said, turning to him, but speaking in a voice that the entire community could hear, “the training required of you involves pain. Physical pain.” He felt fear flutter within him. “You have never experienced that. Yes, you have scraped your knees in falls from your bicycle. Yes, you crushed your finger in a door last year.” Jonas nodded, agreeing, as he recalled the incident, and its accompanying misery. “But you will be faced now,” she explained gently, “with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience. The Receiver himself was not able to describe it, only to remind us that you would be faced with it, that you would need immense courage. We cannot prepare you for that. “But we feel certain that you are brave,” she said to him. He did not feel brave at all. Not now. “The fourth essential attribute,” the Chief Elder said, “is wisdom. Jonas has not yet acquired that. The acquisition of wisdom will come through his training. “We are convinced that Jonas has the ability to acquire wisdom. That is what we looked for. “Finally, The Receiver must have one more quality, and it is one which I can only name, but not describe. I do not understand it. You members of the community will not understand it, either. Perhaps Jonas will, because the current Receiver has told us that Jonas already has this quality. He calls it the Capacity to See Beyond.” The Chief Elder looked at Jonas with a question in her eyes. The audience watched him too. They were silent. For a moment he froze, consumed with despair. He didn’t have it, the whatever-she-had-said. He didn’t know what it was. Now was the moment when he would have to confess, to say, “No, I don’t. I can’t,” and throw himself on their mercy, ask their forgiveness, to explain that he had been wrongly chosen, that he was not the right one at all. In excerpt #1, the speaker in most of the passage is who? Jonas The Current Receiver The Chief Elder The audience For excerpt #1, which of the following is the best title for this passage? "The Ceremony of Twelve" The Qualities of a Receiver" The Capacity to See Beyond" Jonas Acquires Wisdom" Based on excerpt #1, choose the experience that most members of the community haveneverknown. committing minor transgressions observing others in the community being part of an audience feeling great physical pain According to excerpt #1, which of the following attributes does Jonas doubt he has or can acquire? Intelligence Wisdom Integrity Seeing Beyond Attribute Chart Fill in the table based on information from excerpt #1. Intelligence Jonas has been a top student. Integrity Jonas presented himself promptly for chastisement when he committed a minor transgression. Courage The committee has observed Jonas and feels certain that he is brave. Wisdom Through observing Jonas, the committee is convinced his training will help him gain this. The Capacity to See Beyond The current Receiver knows that Jonas has this quality.