THE GIVER READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 10 - 11

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Read the following quotations and explain what is happening at this particular moment in the novel. Be sure your explanation includes any important plot information and any related characters.
1. “But the most conspicuous difference was the books.”
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2. “The man shook his head. ‘No, no,’ he said. ‘I’m not being clear. It’s not my past, not my childhood that I must transmit to you.”
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3. “Jonas felt nothing unusual at first. He felt only the light touch of the old man’s hands on his back.”
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4. “‘Do you mean that now you don’t have the memory of it – of that ride on the sled – anymore?’” ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. “The warmth spread, extending across his shoulders, up his neck, onto the side of his face.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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THE GIVER READING QUIZ CHAPTERS 12 - 13
Name _____________________________________ Date: _____________________________
Read the following quotations and explain what is happening at this particular moment in the novel. Be sure your explanation includes any important plot information and any related characters.
1. “He was left, upon awakening, with the feeling that he wanted, even somehow needed to reach the something that waited in the distance.”
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2. “‘We shouldn’t have!’ Jonas said fiercely. The Giver looked startled at the certainty of Jonas’s reaction…’You’ve come very quickly to that conclusion’ he said. ‘It took me many years.”
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3. “‘Asher,’ Jonas said one morning, “look at those flowers carefully.”
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4. “Then the men were gone, speeding toward the horizon in a vehicle that spit pebbles from its whirling tires. One hit his forehead and stung him there. But the memory continued, though Jonas ached for it to end.”
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5. “Some afternoons The Giver sent him away without training.”
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answer like a 12 year old would in one short ten word sentence for every question

Answer 1

CHAPTERS 10 - 11

1. Jonas notices books in The Giver's room are rare.
2. The Giver means his memories aren’t just childhood stories.
3. Jonas feels The Giver’s gentle touch as he begins training.
4. Jonas wonders if The Giver lost his memory of sledding.
5. Warmth spreads on Jonas's body as he receives memories.

CHAPTERS 12 - 13

1. Jonas wants to explore beyond what he currently knows.
2. Jonas realizes decisions can have serious consequences quickly.
3. Jonas encourages Asher to see beauty in flowers.
4. Jonas feels pain from a memory but cannot forget it.
5. Sometimes The Giver gives Jonas breaks from memory training.