The Giver TEST

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 5

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Characters

Jonas

1. enjoys the community
2. lives at the House of Old
3. assigned to be Receiver in training
4. cares for Gabriel

Father

1. works as a Nurturer
2. works in the Department of Justice
3. always votes to keep Gabriel
4. Tries to leave the community

Mother

1. works as a Nurturer
2. works in the Department of Justice
3. works at the House of Old
4. is friends with The Giver

Lily

1. Jonas's older sister
2. leaves the community with Jonas
3. Jonas's younger sister
4. does not like Gabriel

Asher

1. Lily's friend
2. Caretaker of the Old
3. Assistant director of Recreation
4. drowns in the river

Fiona

1. Assistant director of recreation
2. Lily's best friend
3. Mother's friend
4. assigned as Caretaker of the Old

Gabriel

1. does not sleep well at night
2. friend of Father's
3. released by Father
4. lives at the House of the Old

Giver

1. agrees with the community's structures
2. works with Mother
3. does not get along with Jonas
4. holds the community's memories

Rosemary

1. Fiona's friend
2. previous Receiver-in- training
3. works at the House of the Old
4. holds the community's memories

Larissa

1. works as a Nurturer
2. The Giver's wife
3. lives at the House of Old
4. Mother's friend

Plot

What must the families do at dinner each evening?

1. tell the best and worst parts of their day
2. make plans for the next day
3. tell their feelings
4. bless the food

Which is NOT a reason someone may be released?

1. reward
2. punishment
3. infant not thriving
4. elderly

What happens each December?

1. It snows
2. All children become a year older
3. everyone goes on vacation
4. everyone celebrates Christmas

What does a Birthmother do?

1. nurture new children
2. raise children until they receive an assignment
3. gives birth three times, then does hard labor
4. acts as a grandmother to the community

Which of the following is NOT provided for all citizens of the community?

1. food
2. a car
3. medication
4. a dwelling

What new privilege do Eights earn?

1. a bicycle
2. a new sweater
3. going on field trips
4. performing volunteer hours

Before they are one year old, all new children

1. live with foster families
2. are given names
3. begin to walk
4. are identified by a number

Who decides each Twelve's assignment?

1. The Twelve him/herself
2. the Twelve's parents
3. The Giver
4. The Elders

To select a Receiver-in-Training

1. the community votes for an individual
2. the previous receiver selects him/her
3. a person volunteers for the assignment
4. the Elders meticulously observe the students

Which of the following is NOT a quality that the Receiver-in-Training must possess?

1. integrity
2. courage
3. sense of humor
4. capacity to see beyond

Which of the following is NOT a rule that Jonas must follow during his training?

1. you may not lie
2. you may not participate in dream telling
3. you may not apply for release
4. do not discuss your training with anyone

What happened to the previous Receiver-in-Training?

1. She became the Elder chief
2. Her name is not-to-be-spoken
3. she ran away from the community
4. she resigned as Receiver to take another assignment

How is Jonas supposed to address his mentor?

1. the previous receiver
2. grandfather
3. the Giver
4. sir

What is the first memory Jonas receives?

1. the African savanna
2. war
3. sledding downhill
4. a family at Christmas

Which of the following was NOT eliminated when the community went to Sameness?

1. hills
2. colors
3. different types of foods
4. weather patterns

What is the first color Jonas can see?

1. blue
2. red
3. green
4. orange

Which of the following best describe Jonas's transmission of memory to Gabriel?

1. doesn't mean to transmit a memory to Gabriel
2. gives a calm memory to help him sleep
3. gives a memory of an elephant
4. gives a memory of hunger

Which of the Nurturer's standards has Gabriel NOT met?

1. normal intelligence
2. sitting up alone
3. six teeth
4. sleeping through the night

The Giver's favorite memory is of...

1. walking on the beach
2. a family at Christmas
3. sledding downhill
4. sailing on a lake

Instead of seeing colors, The Giver first

1. heard pounding surf
2. saw glimpses of other communities
3. heard music
4. experienced different types of weather

How does Jonas originally plan to escape from the community?

1. in The Giver's vehicle
2. swim across the river
3. run across the bridge
4. hide in an airplane

Which of the following is NOT true?

1. Jonas protects Gabriel
2. Jonas misses his family unit
3. Jonas steals his Father's bike
4. Jonas wants The Giver to leave the community

How does the natural world change as Jonas and Gabriel get farther from the community?

1. They enter a war zone
2. They see animals and varied weather
3. They enter a rainforest
4. They see a large city

Vocabulary

The opposite of intended or expected meaning

1. ironic
2. unanimous
3. petulantly
4. chastise

to correct or punish

1. wheddle
2. transgression
3. avert
4. chastise

relating or applying to things that have happened in the past

1. profound
2. embedded
3. retroactive
4. ominous

source; beginning

1. origin
2. leaden
3. obsolete
4. throng

no longer useful

1. successor
2. exuberant
3. obsolete
4. sinuous

unfair treatment of somebody

1. indolence
2. injustice
3. disposition
4. conviction

relief from emotional distress or grief

1. agony
2. permeated
3. anguish
4. solace

natural ability

1. admonition
2. expertise
3. aptitude
4. assimilated

delay of punishment

1. reprieve
2. conviction
3. hasten
4. admonition

mild; harmless

1. rueful
2. benign
3. languid
4. wisp

high-spirited joy

1. palpable
2. placid
3. wryly
4. glee

absorbed; understood

1. empowered
2. assimiltaed
3. assuaged
4. inflict

a large group of people

1. alcove
2. wisp
3. throng
4. commerce

meticulously; very carefully

1. wryly
2. scrupulously
3. apprehensively
4. petulantly

laziness; lack of interest

1. dispostion
2. dismounting
3. integral
4. indolence

made greater or more numerous

1. augmented
2. profound
3. palpable
4. awed

One that follows another in a job or office

1. emblem
2. torrent
3. vigilant
4. successor