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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the female Jonas meets at the House of the Old?

2. What is the first thing to catch Jonas's eye when the receptionist leads him into the Receiver's office?

3. What is the name of Jonas's sister?

4. What is the reason why Jonas's community does not have snow?

5. What must Gabriel must be labeled in order to be released from the community?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Gabriel not part of the 'Ones'?

3. What is Jonas anticipating as the novel opens and why?

4. What assignment is Jonas given?

5. What memories will The Giver give to Jonas?

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

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

8. Who is Gabriel?

9. What do families in the community share in the new morning?

10. In Chapter 3, what object does Jonas take home and examine and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gabriel has pale eyes; Jonas has pale eyes; The Giver has pale eyes. Describe the ways in which the characters in The Giver use physical characteristics to impart, judge, and interpret meaning. In what ways do Americans use physical characteristics, including skin color, to impart meaning and to judge?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the moment where Jonas realizes that his Father has killed the smaller of the identical twin babies. Describe this realization in detail and cite the text. Make the connection of when a child realizes his/her parents have not been honest. Does this happen often in the life of children and if so, how do Jonas's coping skills reflect how society has been conditioned to deal with disappointment.

Essay Topic 3

Jonas's training becomes painful. As a result, Jonas realizes that the community does not truly experience emotions. In what ways does the absence of pain protect a community? Discuss anger, love, happiness, and pain as necessary opposites that create balance and perspective in the human condition.

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