Quiz Time
The Giver quiz 1 -- 1/9/08
1. In the beginning of the novel, Jonas inaccurately describes his feelings as
a. apprehensive
b. angry
c. pensive
d. frightened
2. "The students voices got increasingly louder. One jumped up and began to shout. The tension throughout the room was palpable."
The best definition of palpable is
a. apprehensive
b. capable of being touched or felt
c. violation of law
d. impatient or irritable
3. One rule in the community that is almost always broken is
a. flying
b. sharing of feelings
c. naming children
d. riding bikes before age 9
4. At the ceremony of 12, Jonas will learn
a. the history of his name
b. his assignment
c. why he'll no longer be friends with Asher
d. the fate of the newchild, Gabriel
5. Something strange happens to Jonas when
a. He and Asher are throwing an apple
b. Lilly spies on Jonas and his father
c. Jonas' mother releases a criminal
d. An elder sees Jonas take an apple home
"Jonas nodded. During the past year, he had been aware of the increasing level of observation. In school, at recreation time, and during volunteer hours, he had noticed the Elders watching him and the other Elevens. He had seen them taking notes. He knew, too, that the Elders were meeting for long hours with all of the instructors that he and the other Elevens had had during their years of school."
6. Based on the selection above, why does Jonas believe the Elders' level of observation has increased?
Vocabulary quiz 1 -- words to know from "A Retrieved Reformation" and "A Crush."
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Vocabulary quiz 1
1. "A guard came to the prison shoe shop, where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers. . ."
assiduously (adv.) means: 1) in an out of control way; 2) rapidly; 3) in a hard-working way
The best answer is
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
2. "The clerk handed him a railroad ticket and a five-dollar bill with which the law expected him to rehabilitate himself into good citizenship and prosperity."
The best definition of the word, rehabilitate, is
a. revise b. reorganize c. restore
3. "There on the floor was still Ben Price's collar button that had been torn from the eminent detective's shirt band when they had overpowered Jimmy to arrest him.
eminent (adj.) means: 1) better than most others 2) an emissary 3) an evil person
The best answer is
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
4. escaping from capture as by daring, cleverness or skill
This most closely defines
a. elusive b. compulsory c. unperceived
5. "She'd finally tone down that swarthy, longshoreman look of Delores's with a concealing beige foundation. . ."
The best definition of swarthy is
a. darkish b. sweaty c. muscular