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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Roberto performed many functions in the Community. He was on the Planning Committee and he had a family, but he was most remembered for what position?
2. What feeling best describes Jonas as the Ceremony of Twelves approaches?
3. What is Gabriel's comfort object?
4. Which character does not talk to Jonas after the Ceremony?
5. What is Jonas anticipating will take place at the Ceremony of Twelve?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Jonas going to do his volunteer work, and what friends does he meet there?
2. What dream does Jonas share in Chapter 5?
3. What instruction is Jonas most impressed with when he receives the printed sheet that describes his training?
4. What job does Jonas's father hold in the community?
5. How do the elevens line up when they enter the stage?
6. What is different about Gabriel?
7. Who is Gabriel?
8. What is significant about volunteering? Does it matter to the children's future?
9. What is Jonas's Mother's reaction to Jonas's dream in Chapter 5?
10. What does Jonas learn from Larissa at the House of the Old?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jonas's training becomes painful. As a result, Jonas realizes that the community does not truly experience emotions. In what ways does the absence of pain protect a community? Discuss anger, love, happiness, and pain as necessary opposites that create balance and perspective in the human condition.
Essay Topic 2
Describe how and why the old Receiver failed at her job. Use examples from the text. Discuss how her failure affects Jonas's confidence? Explain further how the role of positive role models affect success in the youth.
Essay Topic 3
Jonas has been given the job of Receiver, which sets him apart from his community. He is now unique. He can lie if he wants and he is exempted from rudeness. Write about the freedom of being unique and how it must feel to be exempted from the rules of society. What are the benefits? At the same time, write about how that separation might alienate a person from society.
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