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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 gift is given at the Ceremony of Nines?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A comfort object.
(c) A moped.
(d) An assignment.

2. Which female, whose original number is eighteen, sits beside Jonas during the Ceremony of Twelves?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Asher.
(d) Edna.

3. In the beginning of the novel, it is revealed that Jonas is categorized into which age group?
(a) Tens.
(b) Twelves.
(c) Nines.
(d) Elevens.

4. What does a child do to provoke Adults to call their children by their original number and not their name?
(a) Plays.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Misbehaves.
(d) Eats.

5. What is the reason why Jonas's community does not have snow?
(a) Snow piles up on the streets.
(b) Snow creates more jobs.
(c) Snow makes it hard to grow food.
(d) Snow ruins the sidewalks.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jonas is preparing for bed, he begins to read the description his assignment, which is located in what?

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

3. What object does The Giver give Jonas the experience of, while he is sitting at the top of a snow-touched hill?

4. How does Lily react to Mother tying her hair ribbons?

5. What object does Jonas eat in order to feel the memory of a cold sensation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assignment is Jonas given?

2. What ritual is Jonas's family participating in as the novel opens?

3. What happened to the old Receiver?

4. Describe the characteristics of Fiona.

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

6. What happens at the Ceremony of Twelve?

7. What catches Jonas's eye when he first enters the Receiver's office and why?

8. How is the Receiver different from the community?

9. What event from a year ago does Jonas remember that brings back feelings of fear?

10. What rule is often broken at the ceremony of Nine?

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