The Giver

Chapters 1 - 3

READING CHECK

1. What is the name of Jonas’s closest friend?

Answer: Asher

2. What is Father’s occupation?

Answer: Nurturer

3. What is the name of Jonas’s sister?

Answer: Lily

4. What mode of transportation do the people in Jonas’s community use?

Answer: bicycles

5. Children in Jonas’s community are grouped by year. What year is Jonas as the novel begins?

Answer: Eleven

QUIZ

1. Each evening, Jonas’s family has a ritual in which they share their:

A) hopes

B) feelings

C) mistakes

D) apologies

2. What upcoming event is making Jonas feel apprehensive?

A) getting a bicycle

B) starting school

C) bringing Gabriel home

D) the Ceremony of Twelve

3. Which of the following is an occasion in which release is not a punishment?

A) release of a newchild

B) release of a Seven

C) release of the middle-aged

D) release of a Birthmother

4. What physical characteristic do Jonas and Gabriel have in common?

5. Why does Jonas take an apple home when he knows it’s against the rules?

QUIZ ANSWERS

1. B. Feelings are shared at the end of each day, and it’s against the rules to hide one’s feelings or lie about them.

2. D. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas will receive his Assignment. He’s worried about what Assignment he will receive, since he doesn’t have any obvious talents or interests.

3. A. The release of the Elderly is another instance in which release is not a punishment.

4. They both have pale eyes.

5. When he’s tossing the apple back and forth with Asher, Jonas notices that the apple changes in some way, so he takes it home to study it.