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The Giver reading comprehension
The Giver reading comprehension
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1
What are Stirrings?
Intense religious gatherings
The beginnings of sexual desire
The feelings when someone can see colour for the first time
2
Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
They need to practice their releasing techniques
One twin is always seriously ill at birth
It is inconvenient to have identical people walking around
The staff is sadistic
3
In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
He crashed his aircraft
He misread his navigational instructions & scared everyone
He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time
He was a spy from an enemy community
4
What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen ten years ago?
Rosemary
Fiona
Poppy
Melanie
5
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
6
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community
Names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony
Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
Children must not ride bikes until they are nine
Everyone must tell their dream
7
What do the numbers assigned to each child signify?
Their height in inches
The order of their birth
The department to which they belong
Their rank in school
8
Why does Jonas interrupt his friends’ game of good guys and bad guys?
He has a better idea for a game
He feels that their game undermines tragedy
They are not following the rules governing 'gameplay'
They did not let him play
9
Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?
He likes words that begin with vowels
His mother once used the word and he admires her
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary
10
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
He smiles too much
He isn't growing fast enough and can't sleep at night
He is deformed
He bites the staff at the Nurturing Center
11
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
His parents waiting for him
A child with a broken leg who has fallen from his sled
A search party from the community
Colored lights in the windows of houses
12
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
The Giver would be lonely
All the valuable time & money spent, would be wasted
The memories he had would be shared & create chaos
13
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
A family at Christmas
A sunburn
A ride on a sled resulting in a broken leg
A ride on a sled through falling snow
14
Which of the following was
not
written on Jonas’s Assignment sheet?
You are not permitted to apply for release
You are permitted to lie
You are exempted from rules governing rudeness
You are not permitted to apply for a spouse
15
How does the community react to the death of a child in the river?
They chant the child’s name over and over, softly each time
They hold a candlelight vigil
They hold seminars to warn children
They send casseroles to the child’s parents
16
What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
He burns Jonas with a hot iron until Jonas can endure pain
He places his hands on Jonas’s back and gives him memories
He teaches Jonas to read novels with a critical eye
He shows Jonas videos of events that happened in the past
17
Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve?
She has caused them anxiety about Jonas’s Assignment
She is about to tell them that Jonas will be released
Her shoes do not match her handbag
18
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
He realizes that the Giver is evil
The wind is good, and he needs to take a boat
He wants to bring Fiona and he knows the Giver wont approve
He finds out that Gabe will be released & wants to save him
19
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
He tells him bedtime stories
He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds
He injects him with a mild sleeping drug
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake
20
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
He stays very still because they are motion-sensitive
He bribes one of the Pilots to ignore them
He transmits memories of cold so the planes can't find him
He covers their bodies with thick, dirty leaves
21
Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done
Giving birth is dangerous
The society is overpopulated
The position holds very little honor in the society
22
Why is Lily sceptical of Jonas’s story about the elephants?
Jonas is a pathological liar
Lily knows they'd never behave in the way described
She is afraid of elephants
Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary
23
Where did the Giver get his wisdom?
From his own experience
From memories transmitted by the previous Receiver
From reading books
From a surgical operation
24
What does Jonas's mother do for a living
She is a Birthmother
She is a Story-teller
She is a Nurturer
She works for the Department of Justice
25
Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
They secretly hate him
They think that Jonas will feel smothered by their love
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning
They were not paying attention when he asked
