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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 happens to the audience when Jonas looks out upon them?
2. What object does Jonas eat in order to feel the memory of a cold sensation?
3. What can Jonas do now that he is exempt from rudeness?
4. During the ritual telling of feelings, each member describes an incident where they felt or displayed anger, frustration, or worry. What event does Jonas explains feelings of apprehension for?
5. What is the reason why Jonas's community does not have snow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jonas learn from Larissa at the House of the Old?
2. What is the significance of Lily's new jacket that she receives at the Ceremony?
3. Why is Gabriel not part of the 'Ones'?
4. What happens at the Ceremony of Twelve?
5. Who observes the children in order to place them into appropriate jobs?
6. What will happen to Lily's hair during the ceremony of Eight?
7. What happened to the old Receiver?
8. What is significant about volunteering? Does it matter to the children's future?
9. Where is Jonas going to do his volunteer work, and what friends does he meet there?
10. What kind of volunteer work does Jonas do once he reaches the House of the Old?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter Two readers learn about the importance of following "The Rules." However, some rules are routinely broken. Discuss the rules that are routinely broken in The Giver, then compare them to the rules of American society that are routinely broken. How does breaking the law, even minor laws, affect society as a whole?
Essay Topic 3
Jonas has been selected by the Chief Elder to become the Receiver. He has been set apart from the community. He will be different. Describe Jonas's interpretation of this assignment and how he will cope with his new responsibility. Compare the character of Jonas and his assignment to that of Fiona and her assignment in the House of the Old. Discuss the weight of responsibility.
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