The Giver : 1-3

Which age group received bicycles?

• Eights
• Nines
• Tens
• Elevens

What is the definition of "apprehensive"?

• Viewing the future with nervousness or alarm
• Violation of a law, command, or duty
• Feeling or showing hesitation or willingness
• Perplex or confuse 

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The following direct characterization from The Giver describes which character?
“Next, _____________, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about (his/her) feelings.”

• Father
• Mother
• Lily
• Asher

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What does the following quote from The Giver indirectly tell the reader about the character of Jonas’ father?

“But her father had already gone to the shelf and taken down the stuffed elephant which was kept there . . . ‘Here you are, Lily-Billy,” he said. I’ll come help you remove your hair ribbons’”

• His father is very stubborn
• His father is terrible with children
• His father is mean
• His father is gentle and kind

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The following direct characterization from The Giver describes which character?

“ _______________ who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.”

• Jonas
• Lily
• Asher
• Fiona

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community? 

• He was a spy from an enemy community. 
• He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time
• He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
• He crashed his aircraft

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What are the two occasions when "release" is not a punishment?

• The physically and mentally handicapped.
• The elderly and a newchild.
• The unintelligent and defiant.
• The self-centered and conceited.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?

• Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications
• Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done
• The position holds very little honor in the society
• The society is overpopulated

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the ritual they have as a family every evening?

• Telling of feelings
• Praying before dinner.
• Watching the news.
• Playing board games.

Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?

• Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
• Children are not allowed to date
• Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community
• The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony

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CCSS.RL.7.1