placeholder image to represent content

The Giver Unit Assessment

Quiz by Victoria Krout

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
15 questions
Show answers
  • Q1
    How is Gabe able to sleep after he and Jonas escape?
    The warm air soothes him to sleep.
    Jonas transmits memories of a sunset.
    He faints out of hunger.
    Jonas transmits a memory of a hammock.
    30s
  • Q2
    How did Jonas and Gabe travel to avoid getting caught?
    They walked as fast as they could while still maintaining energy to keep going.
    They tried to walk under bushes.
    They traveled during the night and slept during the day.
    They rode the bike during the day to blend in with everyone else.
    30s
  • Q3
    The plane that Gabe sees is actually...
    a helicopter
    a toy
    the sun
    a bird
    30s
  • Q4
    What is waiting at the top of the hill for Jonas and Gabe?
    a sled
    a house
    snow
    a new community
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the biggest fear Jonas during his escape journey with Gabe?
    They might freeze.
    They might starve.
    They might never find elsewhere.
    They might be released.
    30s
  • Q6
    What does Jonas do when the planes fly by?
    He transmits memories of cold to Gabe.
    He waves to the planes.
    He makes sure Gabe stays quiet.
    He transmits memories of warmth to Gabe.
    30s
  • Q7
    When she wrote the Giver, Lois Lowry did not make it clear whether Jonas and Gabe live or die at the end of the novel.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q8
    Jonas starts wondering if he made the right decision to leave the community.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q9
    Jonas escaped with Gabe earlier than planned because...
    He couldn't stand to live in the same house as his father anymore.
    Gabe was going to be released.
    He thought the timing of the original plan didn't take everything into consideration.
    He no longer cared about The Giver.
    30s
  • Q10
    Since Jonas escaped earlier than planned...
    He only had time to say bye to Lily, but not to his parents.
    His goodbye visit with Asher and Fiona was very short.
    He had to steal all the food from his house so he would have enough to eat.
    He never got all the memories of courage and strength that the Giver was supposed to transmit to him.
    30s
  • Q11
    The elders in Jonas's community tried to create a Utopian society.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q12
    How did Jonas's community eliminate emotional and physical pain?
    They developed extremely powerful pain medications.
    They didn't--they allowed all feelings.
    They tried to eliminate anything that could cause pain, even if it was good.
    They gave all citizens pills to eliminate stirrings.
    30s
  • Q13
    Which factors make Jonas's society Dystopian?
    The government has total control over its citizens.
    They allow occasional bad experiences so the citizens can understand their theories.
    The weather is perfect.
    They don't provide enough food to families.
    30s
  • Q14
    In Jonas's community physical violence sometimes is used to keep the peace, which can be seen when Fiona says smack instead of snack.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q15
    One theme of the novel is...
    Children are smarter than adults.
    Everything is not always what it seems to be.
    Not everyone should have wisdom.
    Jonas has to save Gabe.
    30s

Teachers give this quiz to your class