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The Giver reading comprehension
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1
What is Jonas trying to reach by leaving the community?
Infinity and beyond
Elsewhere
Everest
Everywhere
2
Why did Climate Control become necessary to the community?
Too many people were scared of the sun
Snow made growing food too difficult
Snow made sliding too fun and distracted the children
To prevent frizzy hair
3
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
He has too much rizz
He isn't growing fast enough and can't sleep at night
He bites the staff at the Nurturing Center
He smiles too much
4
Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve?
She farted.
Her shoes do not match her handbag
She is about to tell them that Jonas will be released
She has caused them anxiety about Jonas’s Assignment
5
What was the weight of the heavier twin from chapter 19?
6 pounds 10 ounces
5 pounds 10 ounces
7 pounds even
6 pounds even
6
Asher's assignment was Pilot
False
True
7
What was the name of the Giver's daughter?
Rosemary
Fiona
Larissa
Edna
8
Which of the following statements is false?
Teachers are allowed to strike children
Fiona has feelings for Jonas too
A discipline wand is used on the young and the old
Jonas was not chosen, but was selected
9
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
He is too young
The Giver would be lonely
All the valuable time & money spent, would be wasted
Because of the last receiver's release
10
Why do fours, fives, and sixes have to wear jackets with buttons on the back?
To develop interdependence
To make their parents' lives difficult
They are insane and must be controlled this way
Because they lose them all the time
11
What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
He shows Jonas videos of events that happened in the past
He burns Jonas with a hot iron until Jonas can endure pain
He teaches Jonas to read novels with a critical eye
He places his hands on Jonas’s back and gives him memories
12
Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
The position holds very little honor in the society
Giving birth is dangerous
Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done
The society is overpopulated
13
The Giver's ability is not seeing beyond, it is:
Hearing voices
Seeing behind
Hearing beyond
Holding forever
14
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 & scared everyone
He crashed his aircraft
15
Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests
Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours
Asher will fail at any Assignment he is given
Asher is easily disappointed
16
What was Jonas' number?
22
29
19
52
17
Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?
His mother once used the word and he admires her
He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
He likes words that begin with vowels
18
Where did the Giver get his wisdom?
From a surgical operation
From his own experience
From Temu
From memories transmitted by the previous Receiver
19
How old is the Giver?
150 years
100-125 years
75-100 years
40-50 years
20
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
A ride on a sled through falling snow
A sunburn
A family at Christmas
Warfare
21
The Giver's spouse lives at The House of the Old
False
True
22
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
He tells him bedtime stories
He injects him with a mild sleeping drug
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake
He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds
23
What are Stirrings?
The feelings when someone can see colour for the first time
Intense religious gatherings
Small ropes used to make bracelets
The beginnings of sexual desire
24
How does the community commemorate the death of Caleb?
They send casseroles to the child’s parents
They hold seminars to warn children
They hold a candlelight vigil
They chant the child’s name over and over, more softly each time
25
Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
They secretly hate him
They were not paying attention when he asked
They think that Jonas will feel smothered by their love
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning
26
What word has become "so meaningless that it is obsolete"?
hippo
love
sameness
skibidi
27
Which department constantly relocates its head office?
The public library
The bicycle repair office
The doctor's office
The license bureau
28
The Giver had different furniture than others because he was rich.
False
True
29
Why does Jonas interrupt his friends’ game of good guys and bad guys?
They did not let him play
He knows that the game is really about warfare
He has a better idea for a game
He likes bossing people around
30
Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
It is too confusing to have identical people walking around
One twin is always seriously ill at birth
They need to practice their releasing techniques
The staff is psychotic
31
Why is Lily sceptical of Jonas’s story about the elephants?
She is always sceptical
Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary
Jonas is a pathological liar
She is afraid of elephants
32
Which of the following was
not
written on Jonas’s Assignment sheet?
You are not permitted to apply for release
You are exempted from rules governing rudeness
You are permitted to lie
You are not permitted to apply for a spouse
33
What do the numbers assigned to each child signify?
The order of their birth
Their favourite number
Their height in inches
Their rank in school
34
What does Jonas's mother do for a living
She is a Nurturer
She works for the Department of Justice
She is a Birthmother
She is a Story-teller
35
According to Larissa at the House of the Old, who was not worthy of mentioning due to their assignment?
Lily
Asher
Edna
Roberto
36
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community
Everyone must tell their dream
Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
Children must not ride bikes until they are nine
Names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony
