The Giver Quizzes

1. When does I[The Giver] begin?

• In the new year
• At the Ceremony
• Nearly December
• In midsummer

2. How does Jonas really feel at the beginning of the novel?

• Confident
• Apprehensive
• Fearful
• Annoyed

3. When had Jonas last felt fear?

• At the Ceremony of Eleven
• When a jet had flown over the community
• Never
• When Caleb fell into the river

4. What two words does Asher confuse in Jonas's first recollection of him?

• Illiterate and obliterate
• Distraught and distracted
• Intimate and imitate
• Reprehend and comprehend

5. What does Lily discuss at the daily telling of feelings?

• A newchild who is not doing well
• A boy who keeps falling off his bicycle
• An upsetting dream she had today
• A visiting Seven who does not obey the rules

6. How does one obtain a child for one's family unit?

• Through an appeal to the Elders
• By assignment
• By approval of one's application
• Through natural means

7. How does Father break the rules with regard to newchild Thirty-six?

• He looks up the child's name on the Naming list.
• He takes the child home with him.
• He refuses to release the child.
• He gives the child extra care.

8. How does Father help console Jonas about the Ceremony of Twelve?

• He reminds Jonas that there is an appeal process.
• He recounts his own Ceremony of Twelve.
• He points out that Jonas already knows what his Assignment probably will be.
• He tells Jonas that all will be for the best, no matter what.

9. Why has the rule about bicycles not been changed?

• People enjoy breaking this particular rule.
• The community does not want to endanger young children.
• No one rides bicycles anymore.
• Putting it through committee would take too long.

10. What is Jonas's father's job?

• Caretaker
• Speaker
• Justice
• Nurturer