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The Giver
Vocabulary and Character Lists Post Test
Question | Answer |
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The protagonist, is an eleven year-old boy at the beginning of the book. | Jonas |
Known in the community as the Receiver of Memory, already knows what Jonas will discover. | The Giver |
Nurturer, a job that fits his personality. He cares for infants in their first year of life. He, like the rest of the community, has no memories. | Jonas's father |
does what is required of her in her assigned job and in her role as mother to Jonas and Lily. | Jonas's mother |
Jonas’s sister, is a Seven when Jonas is an Eleven. | Lily |
Is one of the babies that Jonas’s father nurtures. The other babies that Jonas’s father nurtures do not have names yet. | Gabriel |
Jonas’s best friend. | Asher |
Is Jonas’s friend. She has red hair. | Fiona |
Is an old woman in the House of the Old. She looks forward to her Release. | Larissa |
(n.): established procedures for a ceremony, especially religious syn: ceremonies; rites ant: single spontaneous occurrence | 4) rituals (n.): established procedures for a ceremony, especially religious syn: ceremonies; rites ant: single spontaneous occurrence |
(n.):activity that is relaxing or fun syn: amusement; entertainment ant: work | recreation |
(n.): harsh criticism syn: punish; rebuke ant: praise; reward | chastisement |
(n.): a shelter used for long time living syn: house; home ant: outside (?); unfamiliar place | dwelling |
(n.): an act of breaking a rule or law syn: offense ant: obey | infraction |
(v.): to let go of or give up syn: surrender; release ant: keep | relinquish |
(n.): something you have gotten syn: possession ant: surrendered | acquisition |
(n.): breaking a rule; committing a crime syn: trespass; sin ant: comply; go along with | transgressions |
(adj.): extremely painful or distressing syn: agonizing ant: pleasant | excruciating |
(adj.): noticeable; easily seen syn: obvious ant: hidden; unobtrusive | conspicuous |
(adj.): irritable; inclined to worry anxiously syn: fussy; anxious ant: happy; content | fretful |
(adj.): without color syn: white; bare ant: colorful | hueless |
(adj.): indicating (or threatening) future unpleasantness; sinister; foreboding syn: threatening; foreboding ant: welcoming | ominous |
(n.): living or being by oneself syn: alone; isolated ant: with others; not alone | solitude |
(adj.): penetrated throughout; spread or seeped through syn: infiltrated; soaked ant: isolated | permeated |
(adj.):having low spirits; dejected syn: discouraged; disheartened ant: thrilled; exuberant | dejected |
(adj.): filled with great surprise or amazement syn: dumbfounded; stunned ant: knowing; unimpressed | astonished |
(n.): a device used to transport people or things syn: car; transportation ant: feet | vehicle |
(adv.): done secretly or covertly syn: sneakily; furtively ant: brashly; loudly | stealthily |
(adj.): difficult to detect or define syn: elusive; imperceptible ant: harsh; obvious | subtle |
(n.):dullness of spirit; a lack of energy with drowsiness syn: apathy; listlessness ant: hyper; energetic | lethargy |