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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. What does Gabriel do continuously throughout the night in Chapter 14?

2. Where do parents move to after their children have grown up?

3. What does Jonas first dream of after seeing The Giver?

4. What memory does Jonas give Gabriel during the night as he is trying to calm him down?

5. What memory does the Giver give Jonas before he leaves on his journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as a result of Jonas receiving the memory of war?

2. Does The Giver ever wish to be released? Explain.

3. What happens to Jonas and Gabriel as the road becomes more difficult to ride upon?

4. Why is Gabriel sleeping well through the night by Chapter 16?

5. What does Jonas want to watch his Father do at the beginning of Chapter 19? How does the Giver make this happen?

6. Why did the Elders remove colors from the community?

7. Why did the old Receiver fail?

8. What will happens to the identical twins?

9. Jonas and Gabriel began to get hungry on their journey. How does Jonas alleviate this feeling, and is it successful?

10. What does Jonas decide to do after he finds out that his Father is a murderer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonas is involved in volunteer work. He works in the House of the Old with Fiona and Asher. Discuss the importance of volunteer work in the community of The Giver. Next, discuss the meaning of volunteer work in America and how volunteering creates a compassionate society.

Essay Topic 2

Gabriel has pale eyes; Jonas has pale eyes; The Giver has pale eyes. Describe the ways in which the characters in The Giver use physical characteristics to impart, judge, and interpret meaning. In what ways do Americans use physical characteristics, including skin color, to impart meaning and to judge?

Essay Topic 3

The Giver gives Jonas the memory of color, starting with the color red taken from the dream of snow and sledding. Discuss the significance of why the community does not retain color and memory. Does living in muted gray make a more simple life?

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