The Giver Whole Book Test

When Jonas receives the memory of love, he tells The Giver, “I wish we still had that.” Which text evidence most strongly supports Jonas’s position?

• “I can see that it was a dangerous way to live.”

• “But anyway, I was thinking, I mean feeling, actually, that it was kind of nice, then.”

• Jonas stared at them. Meaningless? He had never before felt anything as meaningful as the memory.

Choose the description from Jonas’s memory of warfare in which the author’s tone can be described as mournful:

• He lay sprawled, his gray uniform glistening with wet, fresh blood.

• A wild-eyed horse, its bridle torn and dangling, trotted frantically through the mounds of men, tossing its head, whinnying in panic.

• Dirt streaked the boy’s face and his matted blond hair.

Read the following passage: “When did they decide that?” Jonas asked angrily. “It isn’t fair. Let’s change it!” “How do you suggest we do that? I’ve never been able to think of a way, and I’m supposed to be the one with all the wisdom.” “But there are two of us now,” Jonas said eagerly. “Together we can think of something!” The author uses this conversation for each purpose EXCEPT:

• to show strong character traits in Jonas such as determination and optimism

• to advance the plot with the possibility of an action plan

• to show the development of a theme about wisdom

Which example most strongly demonstrates The Giver using his wisdom to help the Community?

• “I knew that there had been times in the past when people had destroyed others in haste, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction.

• “I simply advised them against increasing the population.”

• “They prepared to shoot it down. But they sought my advice.”

The author mainly uses the incident of Jonas’s painful sled memoryA. to show the reader that with Sameness, people didn’t experience excruciating pain

• A. to show the reader that with Sameness, people didn’t experience excruciating pain

• B. so Jonas will understand why his rules do not allow pain medication

• C. to show the reader that The Giver must release the pain memories one at a time

Which quotation best demonstrates Jonas’s frustration with Sameness?

• “Why did the colors disappear?”

• “We really have to protect people from wrong choices.”

• “I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”

How does the author use figurative language in this passage from Jonas’s snow memory: He could see a bright, whirling torrent of crystals in the air around him, and he could see them gather on the backs of his hands, like cold fur.

• A. A simile is used to compare the whirling crystals to cold fur.

• B. A simile is used to compare the backs of his hands to cold fur.

• C. Personification is used to show the air gathering.

Which quotation best reveals Jonas’s confusion when The Giver tells him, “My job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me.”

• A. “Do you mean Elsewhere, too?”

• B. “Maybe I’m not smart enough.”C. “I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.”

• C. “I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.”

Read the following passage:  Jonas was shocked. A name designated Not-to-Be-Spoken indicated the highest degree of disgrace.  “What happened to her?” he asked nervously. But his parents looked blank. “We don’t know,” his father said uncomfortably. “We never saw her again.”  A silence fell over the room. Which set of words best describes the author’s tone in this passage?

• frustrated and urgentB. mysterious and troubled

• mysterious and troubled

• miserable and disappointed

Which example best reflects an increase in tension when Jonas is selected at the Ceremony?

• “He is to be alone, apart while he is prepared by the current Receiver.”

• “The training required of you involves pain, physical pain.”

• “Jonas was identified as a possible Receiver many years ago.”