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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 Jonas's father's assignment?

2. What is Jonas's original number?

3. Where does Jonas's mother work?

4. While Jonas's mother is speaking with him about his dream, Jonas's father takes Lily where?

5. What is Gabriel's comfort object?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Receiver different from the community?

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

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

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

6. What happens at the Ceremony of Twelve?

7. Who is Gabriel?

8. What event from a year ago does Jonas remember that brings back feelings of fear?

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

10. Describe the characteristics of Fiona.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Elders control and regulate the activities of the community in The Giver. In America, the older generations is similarly in charge of the younger. Write a description of reversal where the young are in more positions of power and authority. What would America look like? What societal characteristics might improve, and what might suffer?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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