The Giver Chapters 1 - 2 Pages 1 - 19
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
What had frightened Jonas about a year ago?
- a thunderstorm
- a lion
- a jet
- a policeman
What punishment did someone in the community receive for a major wrongdoing?
- death
- community service
- jail
- released from the community
What did the family do after eating the evening meal?
- talked about their feelings
- watched television
- read a book together
- helped clean up
What problem did Lily tell about?
- that she wanted to go on a vacation
- a boy who cut in line
- that math class was too hard
- falling and cutting her knee
What concern did Father have?
- He had to wait in line to buy gasoline.
- One of the newborns wasn't growing fast enough.
- He wanted a new job working with the elderly.
- He wanted a raise in his salary.
What is a family in Jonas's community?
- two children - one male and one female
- Parents could have as many children as they had funds to take care of the children properly.
- The number of children in a family depended on the jobs the parents had.
What was unusual about the number of children of any one age in Jonas's community?
- The number of children varied from year to year.
- There were always more girls than boys.
- There was always 50 children of each age.
- There was always more boys than girls.
What rule had Father broken?
- He walked to work instead of riding his bicycle.
- He didn't go to the December ceremony.
- He asked for three children.
- He looked up Gabe's name.
Who was the Receiver?
- the most important Elder
- the person getting a child
How were people in Jonas's community assigned jobs?
- Everyone registered for the jobs they wanted at the court house.
- The elders assigned the jobs.
- You took a test in school to determine which job best suited you.
At what age did everyone stop celebrating birthdays?
- 50
- 18
- 12
- 21
What were comfort objects?
- "imaginary" animals such as bears and elephants
- blankets
- heating pads
- pajamas