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