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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have the Committee of Elders observed the community in order to decide on the next Receiver?

2. What is Jonas anticipating will take place at the Ceremony of Twelve?

3. What happens to the audience when Jonas looks out upon them?

4. What is the activity of telling each family members about dreams?

5. What activity does a person start when they become a Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Jonas's father hold in the community?

2. What instruction is Jonas most impressed with when he receives the printed sheet that describes his training?

3. How is the Receiver different from the community?

4. Why does Lily's mother reprimand her for wanting to become a Birthmother?

5. The Giver gives Jonas a painful memory after the first memory of snow. What is the painful memory?

6. Who is Gabriel?

7. How do the elevens line up when they enter the stage?

8. What dream does Jonas share in Chapter 5?

9. What memories will The Giver give to Jonas?

10. What does Jonas learn from Larissa at the House of the Old?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonas is involved in volunteer work. He works in the House of the Old with Fiona and Asher. Discuss the importance of volunteer work in the community of The Giver. Next, discuss the meaning of volunteer work in America and how volunteering creates a compassionate society.

Essay Topic 2

The Elders control and regulate the activities of the community in The Giver. In America, the older generations is similarly in charge of the younger. Write a description of reversal where the young are in more positions of power and authority. What would America look like? What societal characteristics might improve, and what might suffer?

Essay Topic 3

The Giver gives Jonas the memory of color, starting with the color red taken from the dream of snow and sledding. Discuss the significance of why the community does not retain color and memory. Does living in muted gray make a more simple life?

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