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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonas give Gabriel to ease his pain?
(a) The memory of the Giver.
(b) The memory of Father.
(c) The memory of food.
(d) The memory of friends.

2. What does Jonas suggest his Father do to help soothe Gabriel during the night?
(a) Put Gabriel back in the Nurturing Center.
(b) Put Gabriel in Jonas's room.
(c) Put Gabriel in Lily's room.
(d) Make sure Gabriel gets medication.

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

4. When do Jonas and Gabriel openly travel?
(a) During the morning.
(b) During the entire day.
(c) At night.
(d) Only in the afternoon.

5. What do Jonas and Gabriel see in the trees on their way to a new life?
(a) Wildlife.
(b) Caves.
(c) Dirt roads.
(d) Flowers.

6. What happens to the larger twin?
(a) The nurse leaves the baby in the room unattended.
(b) The twin is taken to another room.
(c) The nurse takes the twin away to be cared for.
(d) The twin goes to a new family.

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

8. How do Jonas and Gabriel feel as they travel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Happy.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Sad.

9. What does Jonas no longer care about as the journey gets progressively longer?
(a) Himself.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) The Giver.
(d) Father.

10. What memory does the Giver first give to Jonas to ease his heavy load?
(a) The memory of his spouse.
(b) The sled memory.
(c) The memory of a sunburn.
(d) The memory of the apple.

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

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

13. What memory does Jonas transfer to Gabriel as they travel?
(a) The memory of silence and calm.
(b) The memory of laughter.
(c) The memory of deep exhaustion.
(d) The memory of sunshine.

14. What does Father offer Jonas to ease his physical pain after the sledding ride?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Medication.
(c) A comfort object.
(d) A jacket.

15. What character does Jonas try to give an awareness of the color red to?
(a) Asher.
(b) Mother.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Father perform on the smaller twin?

2. What does Jonas first dream of after seeing The Giver?

3. What action of defiance does Jonas take after he lies to his parents about understanding the word "love"?

4. What happened to the community when the old Receiver was released?

5. What does the Giver give Jonas a memory of that gives Jonas great pain?

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