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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Jonas do now that he is exempt from rudeness?
(a) Question authority.
(b) Say exactly what he wants.
(c) Ask any question of any citizen and receive answers.
(d) Disobey rules.

2. Dream-telling begins at what age?
(a) The Threes.
(b) The Ones.
(c) The Elevens.
(d) The Nines.

3. What object does The Giver give Jonas the experience of, while he is sitting at the top of a snow-touched hill?
(a) A pair of skies.
(b) A bobsled.
(c) A snowboard.
(d) A sled.

4. What kind of eyes does Gabriel, the newchild, have?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Pale.

5. What remedy is used to treat Jonas's new feelings from his dream in Chapter 5?
(a) A treat.
(b) A pill.
(c) A punishment.
(d) A comfort toy.

6. Are children allowed into the Releasing room?
(a) No, but Jonas is the exception.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only in December.
(d) No.

7. How does Lily react to Mother tying her hair ribbons?
(a) She cries.
(b) She squints.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She fidgets.

8. How long does Jonas have to take the pill?
(a) Until he enters The House of the Old.
(b) For one day.
(c) For a month.
(d) Until he marries.

9. Who makes the opening speech at the Ceremony of Twelves?
(a) A Birthmother.
(b) The Chief Elder.
(c) The Receiver.
(d) The President.

10. Which book contains a reference to what Jonas felt in his dream?
(a) The Book of Money.
(b) The Book of Ages.
(c) The Book of Rules.
(d) The Book of Time.

11. In which Ceremony are children named?
(a) The Ceremony of Tens.
(b) The Birth Ceremony.
(c) The Name Ceremony.
(d) The Ceremony of Ones.

12. When a person is released, they are led through which room?
(a) The Old Corridor.
(b) The Palace Door.
(c) The Releasing Room.
(d) The Birthing Room.

13. What is Gabriel labeled at the Ceremony of Ones?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Misunderstood.
(c) Undervalued.
(d) Unattainable.

14. Jonas says he feels frightened in the beginning of the novel, then he changes his mind and replaces the name of his feeling with what word?
(a) Peril.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Fear.
(d) Trepidation.

15. What is the Giver weighted with?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Memories.
(c) Problems.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Jonas have to do because he is late for class in Chapter 5?

2. What is Jonas's original number?

3. In the beginning of the novel, it is revealed that Jonas is categorized into which age group?

4. After Jonas is skipped over, which character receives an assignment as Jonas sits silently hunched in his chair?

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

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