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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 does The Giver play so Jonas can witness the request he'd made to see his Father doing something?

2. How does Jonas feel as he watches his Father do something to the smaller twin?

3. What does Jonas ask The Giver to watch his Father do?

4. What happens to the landscape as Jonas rides upon it in Chapter 22?

5. What does Gabriel wake up in the night doing in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonas want to watch his Father do at the beginning of Chapter 19? How does the Giver make this happen?

2. What happens as a result of Jonas receiving the memory of war?

3. What does Jonas decide to do after he finds out that his Father is a murderer?

4. What happens in the memory of the sled that causes pain to Jonas?

5. Jonas and Gabriel began to get hungry on their journey. How does Jonas alleviate this feeling, and is it successful?

6. Why did the old Receiver fail?

7. Why is Gabriel sleeping well through the night by Chapter 16?

8. What memory does the Giver give to Jonas in Chapter 15 that takes away some of The Giver's pain?

9. What happens to Fiona's hair as Jonas and Fiona travel to the House of Old in Chapter 12?

10. What will happens to the identical twins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonas has been given the job of Receiver, which sets him apart from his community. He is now unique. He can lie if he wants and he is exempted from rudeness. Write about the freedom of being unique and how it must feel to be exempted from the rules of society. What are the benefits? At the same time, write about how that separation might alienate a person from society.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Jonas witnesses children playing a pretend game of war. Watching them upsets Jonas. Write an essay on violent movies in American society. How does the mere pretending of painful events affect audiences? Is pretending appropriate in gaining understanding or are we exacerbating violence and war, and essentially sending the message that violence is the solution to conflict, instead of diplomacy.

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