Chapter 8-10 Quiz: The Giver

Why wasn't Jonas assigned at first? (chapter 8)

• He was late to the Ceremony.

• He had not turned twelve yet, and is not ready to be assigned.

• He was skipped because he was given a special assignment.

• He was not ready to be assigned to a family yet, so they will give him another year.

How is Jonas' job different from the other Twelves? (chapter 8)

• He has a job that no one really knows much about. It's also assigned very rarely because only one person can have this job.

• His job requires him to move out of the community. Because of this, no one knows much about the job.

• His job is not different from the other jobs.

• Unlike other jobs, he will only have this job for 3 years, and then he will be required to do manual labor for the rest of his life.

The Chief Elder said that the Receiver has the "Ability to See Beyond." What do you think they mean by the "Ability to See Beyond"? Please answer with 2 sentences. (chapter 8)

What happened to the previous eleven-year-old who had been given the job of the Receiver? (chapter 9)

• She is still being trained to become the Receiver and will be Jonas' partner.

• She was released.

• She retired and now lives in the House of the Old.

• She did not like the job, so she was given another assignment in the community.

What does the word piecemeal mean? (beginning chapter 8)

• Eating a little bit of a meal.

• Doing something step by step, bit-by-bit, but with no real order.

• Doing something happily.

• Doing something loudly and with a lot of enthusiasm.

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What do Jonas' instructions for his job make you think about his job? (chapter 9)

• His job is not very important.

• His job is very easy compared to everyone else's because he has such simple directions.

• His job is very secretive, and he can get away with a lot of things that he's never been able to get away with before.

• His job is very does not matter.

What is different about the Receiver of Memory's office and door compared to the rest of the community? Please answer with at least 2 sentences. (chapter 10)

What does Jonas learn about his job as the Receiver? (chapter 10)

• His job is to "hold" onto the old man's childhood memories.

• His job is to only "hold" onto new memories that the community creates.

• His job is to receive new information from other communities.

• His job is to "hold" all the memories of the whole world from the past.

Why doesn't Jonas know what snow is? (chapter 10)

• Jonas has never seen it before because their community controls everything.

• The receiver took that memory away from Jonas.

• Jonas doesn't like the cold.

• Jonas has never seen it before because he was always asleep when it snowed.