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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When can The Giver apply for release?
(a) When the Elders give him permission.
(b) When he has reached a certain age.
(c) After Jonas has been trained.
(d) During Jonas's training.

2. What does the Giver beg Jonas to do when Jonas walks into the Annex to see him in Chapter 15?
(a) Leave his family.
(b) Leave the community.
(c) Go for a walk outside.
(d) Take some of the pain away.

3. 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 climbing a mountain.
(c) The memory of lying in the sunshine.
(d) The memory of sitting on a hammock.

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

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

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

7. What happens to the sled during the memory sequence in Chapter 12?
(a) It breaks.
(b) It goes too fast.
(c) It disappears.
(d) It is different.

8. When did the council add the no release rule to the list for Jonas?
(a) After the old Receiver died.
(b) At the Ceremony of Twelve.
(c) When Lily was born.
(d) When Jonas was born.

9. What memories will The Giver transfer to Jonas to prepare him for his escape?
(a) Fear and joy.
(b) Skills and knowledge.
(c) Courage and strength.
(d) Adventure and play.

10. What does Gabriel do continuously throughout the night in Chapter 14?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Cry.

11. What memory does Jonas give Gabriel during the night as he is trying to calm him down?
(a) The memory of snow.
(b) The memory of sailing.
(c) The memory of a sunburn.
(d) The memory of the sled.

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

13. When Jonas is on The Giver's couch in Chapter 20, what does Jonas scream that he wants?
(a) To go play with Asher.
(b) To go back to the way he was.
(c) To return to the House of Old and work.
(d) To stay with The Giver all night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what position does Jonas find The Giver in many times?

3. What character does Jonas try to give an awareness of the color red to?

4. What happened to the last Receiver, and why did she fail?

5. What object does Father take out of the cupboard after the identical twins are weighted?

(see the answer keys)

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