The Giver CH 1-13 Reading Check

“It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought.” What does the author suggest by this opening line?

• The precision of language is important.
• Jonas is not frightened.
• Jonas is confused.
• Fear is a bad thing in Jonas' community.

Which of the following inferences about the community is best supported by their method for changing rules?

• The rules are changed by a committee that takes years to decide, which implies that the community mostly stays the same.
• The rules are changed by voting, which implies that every community member has an equal voice in making changes.
• The rules are changed by a committee that makes changes very quickly, which implies that this community changes its rules and priorities frequently.
• The rules are changed by children, which implies that young people have the most power in this community.

Which of the following best summarizes how individuals in the community find their careers?

• People choose their career after volunteering in different centers during their childhoods.
• Each individual’s career is chosen by their parents.
• A committee of Elders observes children and assigns them their career.
• Careers are given via a lottery system, and everyone draws their career out of a hat.

Which of the following facts about the community do we learn from the description of Lily’s elephant-shaped comfort object?

• Elephants are a mascot of sorts for the community.
• There are no animals in the community.
• Elephants have gone extinct.
• Everyone in the community is a vegetarian.

Which of the following sentences best summarizes why Jonas is unsure what his Assignment will be?

• Jonas has not completed his volunteer hours, so he is not sure if he will be given an Assignment at all.
• Jonas wants to be a Nurturer like his father, but he never volunteered at the childcare center.
• Jonas has only volunteered at the House of the Old, but he is not allowed to work there because he is a boy.
• Jonas has volunteered in many areas, rather than picking a favorite and only working there.

Which of the following is NOT a rule that governs Jonas's community?

• Anyone who "inconveniences the learning community" must make a public apology.
• Every family member must share their feelings at a nightly ritual.
• It was written in the rules that each Family Unit could only have 2 children, 1 female and 1 male.
• Each child must express their love to their family every morning at breakfast.

Which type of release is viewed positively?

• Release of constant transgressors
• Release of old, well lived, elders.
• Release of weak newborns

Which of the following adjective pairs most closely describes the tone of the first day of ceremonies?

• tense, anxious
• hopeful, calm
• foreboding, threatening
• worried, grave

Which of these inferences about the newchild Caleb is best supported by the text?

• Caleb is named after the previous Receiver.
• Caleb is a “replacement” child for someone who drowned in the river.
• Caleb is expected to not do very well in school.
• Caleb is the first child in the community with that name.

Which of these inferences about the community is best supported by the childhood aging ceremonies?

• Childhood development is closely controlled so that children progress at the same rate.
• The childhood ceremonies were invented to make the Ceremony of Twelve seem more important.
• Children are taught to be individualistic and independent in the community.
• Children never ride bicycles before the age of nine.