Review Quiz

1 . In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?

(A) He was a spy from an enemy community

(B) He failed to deliver his cargo of food on time

(C) He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community

(D) He crashed his aircraft

2 . Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?

(A) He wants to use more sophisticated vocabulary, since he is turning twelve soon

(B) He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels

(C) He likes words that begin with vowels

(D) His mother once used the word “apprehensive” and he admires her

3. What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?

(A) She is a Nurturer

(B) She is a Storyteller

(C) She is a Birthmother

(D) She works for the department of justice

4. Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?

(A) Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine

(B) Adults and children are not allowed to look at each other naked

(C) Aircrafts are not to be flown over the community

(D) The names of newchildren are secret until the Naming Ceremony

5 . Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?

(A) Giving birth is dangerous, and Lily might die from the complications

(B) Birthmothers are very lazy and never get anything done

(C) The position holds very little honor in the society

(D) The society is overpopulated

6. Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?

(A) Asher is easily disappointed and will probably find fault with his assignment

(B) Asher does not seem to have any serious interests

(C) Asher will fail at any Assignment he is given

(D) Asher has not completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for an Assignment

7 . Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?

(A) He bites the staff at the Nurturing Center

(B) He is deformed

(C) He is not growing fast enough and cannot sleep through the night

(D) He smiles too much, and the staff suspects he will be abnormally gassy when he grows up

8. How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?

(A) He transmits memories of lullabies and soft beds

(B) He tells him bedtime stories

(C) He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake

(D) He injects him with a mild sleeping drug

9 . Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?

(A) They think that Jonas will feel smothered by their love

(B) They secretly hate him

(C) They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning

(D) They were not paying attention when he asked if they loved him

10 . Why does Jonas interrupt his friends’ game of good guys and bad guys?

(A) They did not let him play

(B) They are not following the rules governing gameplay

(C) He has a better idea for a game and thinks his rank as Receiver should count for something

(D) He recognizes that their game takes a casual attitude toward tragedy

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Answers:

1. (C)

2. (B)

3. (D)

4. (A)

5. (C)

6. (B)

7. (C)

8. (C)

9. (C)

10. (D)