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Lois Lowry · book quiz · grade 7

1. Circle the correct answer.

1. What job is Jonas’s friend Fiona given?

a) Receiver of Memoryb) Caretaker of the Oldc) Pilotd) Nurturer

2. Who is Gabriel?

a) a baby Jonas’s family looks afterb) Jonas’s teacherc) the Giver’s sond) Jonas’s brother

3. Who wrote “The Giver”?

a) S. E. Hintonb) Louis Sacharc) Katherine Patersond) Lois Lowry

4. What does “release” really mean in the community?

a) moving to another townb) retiring from workc) going on holidayd) being killed

5. What job is Jonas given at the Ceremony of Twelve?

a) Nurturerb) Doctorc) Pilotd) Receiver of Memory

6. What did the community choose instead of colors, feelings and differences?

a) Memoryb) Freedomc) Samenessd) Elsewhere

2. Circle T if the sentence is true or F if it is false.

Asher was chosen to be the Receiver.TF
Jonas’s rules allowed him to lie.TF
The memories the Giver passed on were always happy.TF
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Jonas wanted to save Gabriel from being released.TF
Jonas saw a recording of his father releasing a newborn baby.TF

3. Number the events in the order they happened.

Jonas watches his father release a baby.
Jonas and Gabriel ride a sled down a snowy hill.
Jonas is chosen as the Receiver of Memory at the Ceremony of Twelve.
Jonas escapes with Gabriel on a bicycle.
Jonas begins to see the color red.
Jonas receives his first memory, a sled ride in the snow.

4. Answer the questions.

Why did the community choose Sameness? What did it lose?

Would you like to live in Jonas’s community? Why or why not?

What do you think happens to Jonas and Gabriel at the end?

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About this worksheet

A printable quiz on “The Giver” by Lois Lowry for grade 7: 6 multiple-choice questions, 5 true or false sentences, putting events in order and 3 open questions. Every print draws different questions. With an answer key. It checks that the child knows the book’s characters, places and main events. In the open questions, the child writes in their own words what they think of the characters and what the book teaches. The answer key shows the answers to the multiple-choice questions, the true or false sentences and the order of events. Grade 7 is Year 8 in the UK and Year 7 in Australia.

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