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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. On the first day of training, Jonas rides to the House of Old with which character?
(a) Larissa.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Asher.

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

3. Where does Jonas volunteer in Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) The Nurturing Center.
(c) The Childcare Center.
(d) A variety of places.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have the Committee of Elders observed the community in order to decide on the next Receiver?

2. What memory sparks a feeling of dread in Jonas at the beginning of the novel?

3. How does Jonas feel when he is skipped by the Chief Elder at the Ceremony of Twelve?

4. Information, including volunteer hours, is all housed in this building:

5. What assignment does Lily think sounds like a luxury, a thought for which her mother reprimands her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonas learn from Larissa at the House of the Old?

2. What will happen to Lily's hair during the ceremony of Eight?

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

4. What is significant about volunteering? Does it matter to the children's future?

5. What dream does Jonas share in Chapter 5?

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

7. Where is Jonas going to do his volunteer work, and what friends does he meet there?

8. Describe Jonas's family.

9. How do the elevens line up when they enter the stage?

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

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