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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the last Receiver, and why did she fail?
(a) She wanted to have a family.
(b) She upset the community.
(c) She could not handle the good and bad memories.
(d) She was not happy to do her job.

2. What action does Father perform on the smaller twin?
(a) He swaddles the infant in cloth.
(b) He injects the infant with a liquid.
(c) He burps the infant.
(d) He gives the infant a bottle filled with a liquid.

3. What two items does Jonas take with him when he leaves the community?
(a) Gabriel's comfort object and food.
(b) Lily's comfort object and her bicycle.
(c) Stolen food and his father's bike.
(d) His mother's food and Lily's bicycle.

4. What action of defiance does Jonas take after he lies to his parents about understanding the word "love"?
(a) Jonas leaves the house to see The Giver.
(b) Jonas does not speak to his parents.
(c) Jonas is rude to Gabriel.
(d) Jonas does not take his pill.

5. What memory does the Giver give Jonas before he leaves on his journey?
(a) The memory of walking on a beach.
(b) The memory of lying in the sunshine.
(c) The memory of climbing a mountain.
(d) The memory of sitting on a hammock.

6. Where do parents move to after their children have grown up?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The school.
(c) The House of the Old.
(d) The childless adult area.

7. What event does Jonas watch take place right before his eyes during the memory of war?
(a) A bomb explodes.
(b) Two riflemen kill each other in unison.
(c) A long journey through a forest.
(d) A boy his age dies right next to him.

8. What happens to Jonas when he is sledding in Chapter 14?
(a) He collides with a tree.
(b) He wraps the sled around a tree.
(c) He breaks the sled.
(d) He hits a bump and hurts himself.

9. Jonas asks The Giver if he has ever had what member of family?
(a) A spouse.
(b) A mother.
(c) A father.
(d) A brother.

10. What does Lily want to talk about back at the house in Chapter 17?
(a) Birds.
(b) Babies.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Comfort Objects.

11. What is the reason why Gabriel begins to sleep through the night?
(a) Jonas tells him a story.
(b) Jonas transfers peaceful memories to him.
(c) Father rocks him to sleep.
(d) Jonas sings a lullaby to him.

12. What does Jonas suggest The Giver do so his load will not be so heavy?
(a) Give Jonas painful memories.
(b) Give his books to the House of Old.
(c) Stop seeing Jonas.
(d) Visit the Department of Justice.

13. What does Jonas ask The Giver to watch his Father do?
(a) Prepare dinner.
(b) Release one of the twins.
(c) Work as a nurturer.
(d) Take Lily to school.

14. Why does Jonas take Gabriel into the trees?
(a) Because he knows the trees well.
(b) So they can keep warm.
(c) So the planes can not spot them.
(d) Because it is safe from people there.

15. What will happen if Jonas dies?
(a) His parents will receive his bad memories.
(b) The Giver will receive his memories.
(c) He will forget everything.
(d) His memories will go back to the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonas beg for at the end of his receiving of the war memory?

2. Who does Jonas discover is scheduled to be released the morning after the twins?

3. How do Jonas and Gabriel feel as they travel?

4. When Jonas is on The Giver's couch in Chapter 20, what does Jonas scream that he wants?

5. What happens to twins born into the community?

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