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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 does Roberto feel when he walks through the special door in the Releasing room?

2. In The Matching of Spouses, which of the following is NOT considered a deciding factor?

3. Are children allowed into the Releasing room?

4. Which instruction impresses Jonas the most?

5. After the Ceremony of Twelves, what characteristic no longer matters?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Receiver different from the community?

2. What assignment is Jonas given?

3. What is Jonas's Mother's reaction to Jonas's dream in Chapter 5?

4. What job does Jonas's father hold in the community?

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

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

7. What is different about Gabriel?

8. What happened to the old Receiver?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ending of The Giver. Do you agree with how the story ends? Cite one piece of evidence from the text that you relate to and agree with. What is the central message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Jonas receives the memory of war. He experiences pain, death, and destruction. He becomes highly affected and emotional. In what ways does war shape a community? In what ways does it bring people together and also tear them apart? Cite examples, such as Jonas's reaction, from the text in your answer.

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