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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jonas's father's assignment?
(a) Warden.
(b) Nurturer.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Nanny.

3. When Jonas arrives at the House of the Old, he finds out that Asher and Fiona are both volunteering in which room?
(a) The waiting room.
(b) The bathing room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The infirmary.

4. What is Jonas anticipating will take place at the Ceremony of Twelve?
(a) A comfort toy.
(b) His assignment.
(c) Graduation.
(d) A bicycle.

5. Jonas is prohibited from all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Lying.
(b) Applying for Release.
(c) Medication.
(d) Dream-telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assignment does Jonas receive from The Chief Elder?

2. The speaker announces that females under nine need to have these objects neatly tied at all times. Lily breaks this rule often.

3. Where does Jonas volunteer in Chapter 4?

4. What memory does the Giver give Jonas, which males him wake with stinging skin?

5. In what month does the Ceremony of Twelve take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream does Jonas share in Chapter 5?

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

3. How is the Receiver different from the community?

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

5. What happens at the Ceremony of Twelve?

6. What memories will The Giver give to Jonas?

7. What kind of volunteer work does Jonas do once he reaches the House of the Old?

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

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

10. Describe the first memory that The Giver gives to Jonas.

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