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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. How long does Jonas have to take the pill?

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

3. What is the activity of telling each family members about dreams?

4. When a person is released, they are led through which room?

5. What can Jonas do now that he is exempt from rudeness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jonas at the Ceremony of Twelve?

2. What does Jonas's Mother give to Jonas to help with the 'Stirrings'? What happens as a result?

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

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

5. Describe Jonas's family.

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

7. Who observes the children in order to place them into appropriate jobs?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 dreams of "Stirrings" in his sleep. His mother gives him a pill to numb the feelings he experiences. Think of the pharmaceutical industry in the United States today. How is the industry masking certain health issues. Make the comparison/connection of today's society to Jonas and his mother's reaction to his "Stirrings."

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