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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 Jonas beg for at the end of his receiving of the war memory?

2. What is Jonas's reaction when The Giver begs for forgiveness after he gives Jonas the war memory?

3. What memory does Jonas give Gabriel during the night as he is trying to calm him down?

4. What event does Jonas watch take place right before his eyes during the memory of war?

5. What happened to the last Receiver, and why did she fail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will happens to the identical twins?

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

3. What happens when Gabriel is placed into Jonas's room for the night?

4. What does Jonas's father do to the infant twin to release him/her?

5. Why do Jonas and Gabriel hide in the trees after leaving the community?

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

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

8. Why did the Elders remove colors from the community?

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

10. Why did the old Receiver fail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how and why the old Receiver failed at her job. Use examples from the text. Discuss how her failure affects Jonas's confidence? Explain further how the role of positive role models affect success in the youth.

Essay Topic 2

Jonas's training becomes painful. As a result, Jonas realizes that the community does not truly experience emotions. In what ways does the absence of pain protect a community? Discuss anger, love, happiness, and pain as necessary opposites that create balance and perspective in the human condition.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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