Vocab #1
Vocab #2
Vocab #3
Mixed
Questions
100
The orange of pumpkins being trucked in from the fields beyond the community border-seen in an instant, the flash of brilliant color, but gone again, returning to their flat and ___________ shade.
What is hueless?
100
Sometimes it had seemed humorous to him. Sometimes it had seemed meaningful and important. Now it was ___________. It meant, he knew, that nothing could be changed.
What is ominous?
100
Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost ___________.
What is obsolete?
100
"It was my job. And she had been chosen." The Giver looked at him ___________.
What is imploringly?
100
Jonas gives Gabriel the memory of the __________ on the _________. (one word per blank)
What are sailboat and lake?
200
With its ___________ trunk it stroked the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of torn thick flesh.
What is sinuous?
200
Jonas heard a voice next to him. "Water," the voice said in a ___________, croaking whisper.
What is parched?
200
And his new, heightened feelings permeated from a greater ___________ than simply his sleep.
What is realm?
200
How does Jonas begin feeling towards his friends after he started his training? _______ (one word, not capitalized)
What is angry?
200
The room where Jonas received his training is called the ___________. (one word, capitalized)
What is Annex?
300
They really suffered for a while. Finally, it subdued as the memories were ___________.
What is assimilated?
300
The colors of the ___________ were grotesquely bright: the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy's yellow hair.
What is carnage?
300
From their hiding places, a ___________ of children emerged, running in crouched positions, firing across the field.
What is horde?
300
Not counting the sunburn, the first memory of real pain that Jonas received was a __________ _____. (one word per blank)
What is broken leg?
300
What do you think The Giver means when he says, “without the memories, it’s all meaningless”? Do you agree with him? Explain. (Minimum of three sentences.)
*Does life matter if no one remembers you? *History is bound to repeat itself if no one remembers. *List your opinion about whether you agree.
400
There was always a ___________ of anesthetic ointment, or a pill; or in severe instances, an injection that brought complete and instantaneous deliverance.
What is daub?
400
Sometimes it took a while for him to get his bearings, to find his place. But this time he fit right in and felt the happiness that ___________ the memory.
What is pervaded?
400
"Whatever. You can't say what we play, even if you are going to be the new Receiver." Asher looked ___________ at him.
What is warily?
400
Why did the Giver advise against increasing the number of births for the birthmothers from 3 to 4? There would not have been enough ______. (one word)
What is food?
400
Why do you think Jonas was able to transmit a memory to Gabriel when he couldn’t with Asher, Lily, or his father?
Pale eyes
500
It was not enough to ___________ the pain that Jonas was beginning, now, to know.
What is assuage?
500
I will. I am left with a vague ___________ of that one; and I have many other memories of families, and holidays, and happiness. Of love.
What is wisp?
500
The Giver chuckled ___________. "The explanations are difficult."
What is ruefully?
500
When a birthmother gives birth to twins, one twin is sent to the Nuturing Center, and the other twin is ____________. (one word)
What is released?
500
Jonas walked in and saw The Giver in terrible pain. How does Jonas help The Giver? What caused him so much pain? (Minimum of two sentences.)
The Giver was reliving warfare. Jonas asked him to give him the memory to ease his pain.
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