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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. Which committee thought of the Assignments?

3. What does each family member need to sign that states they will not become too attached to Gabriel?

4. Birthmothers have how many births in three years?

5. Where does Jonas go to volunteer at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Gabriel?

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

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

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

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

6. What assignment does Fiona receive and why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Jonas takes on the memory of The Giver to ease his pain. Does the ability to blunt pain make for a more peaceful, easier life? Or, does muting the feelings associated with living a normal life sacrifice the freedom of choice? Cite examples from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 10, The Giver describes to Jonas that he is weighted by memories of the world and of the past Receivers. Discuss a significant event in recent world history. In what way has that memory "lived on" long after the event has transpired.

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