Tuesday, 12/1/09 -- Add to Roots List: pet - to seek, to go to
Warm Up. Roots. Copy and click.
  1. "again loosened" =    a) soluble  b) resolved  c) congested  d) digested  e) dissolved
  2. "beneath (less than) judge" =  a  ) periscope  b) soluble  c) critique  d) hypocrite  e) criticism
  3. "into cut thing" =   a) scissors  b) digestion  c) incision  d) critique  e) infraction
  4. "mindful stuff" =    a) memoir  b) designate  c) memorabilia  d) critique  e) criticism
  5. "together seek thing" =  a) assistant  b) decisive  c) competition  d) perpetual  e) designate
  6. The prefix hypo- means...  a) needle  b) extra  c) beneath  d) energetic  e) cold
Pink Sheet, p175. Subject/Verb Agreement.Correct 9 of them.Circle:  1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14   Pretest I.
  1. Titles always get singular verbs.   a) true  b) false
  2. The school subject "social studies" would take a _____   verb. a) singular  b) plural
  3. Words or phrases that identify time and amounts are usually ___.   a) singular  b) plural
  4. Which is an example of a collective noun?  a) ten dollars  b) corps  c) physics  d) scissors  e) assistant
  5. p175  #1  a) is  b) are
  6. p175 #5  a) is  b) are
  7. p175 #6  a) is  b) are
  8. p175 #11  a) is  b) are
  9. p175 #12  a) equals  b) equal
  10. p175 #14  a) was  b) were
The Giver, ch11/12. Q/A. Discipline wand on the Old!? Quiz.
  1. Which of these memories was not a totally new concept for Jonas?  a) sunshine  b) sled  c) wind  d) hill  e) They were all new to him.
  2. Why was it so exhausting for The Receiver to give Jonas the memory of snow?   a) Because it was his favorite one.  b) Because he is frightened by snow.   c) Because he had to tug it forward from many generations back.   d) Because he’s old and tired.   e)  NOTA
  3. The Receiver says he has _____, but not _____.   a) power, honor   b) honor, knowledge   c) respect, power   d) honor, fun   e) honor, power
  4. When Jonas asks what happened to things like snow, the Receiver calls it...  a) the Warming  b) the Uniting  c) the Institution  d) the Beginning  e) NOTA
  5. The Receiver says he started Jonas off with memories of pleasure because that's what worked last time he trained a new receiver.  a) True  b) False
  6. The reason the book is called The Giver is because that is what Jonas is now called.  a) True  b) False
  7. Which of these is probably an example of foreshadowing from chapter 12?  a) When Jonas doesn't tell Fiona about his training when she expects him to.  b) When Jonas dreamed there was a place beyond where the sled stopped.  c) When the Giver told him he was seeing red.  d) When the Giver tells Jonas he's going to give him a memory of a rainbow.  e) When the Giver says that "hair like Fiona's must drive them crazy."
  8. Even though Jonas is forbidden to talk about his training, he thinks, even if it were not, it still would have been impossible to discuss things with his friends.  Why?  a) He thinks they wouldn't believe him.  b) They would have laughed at him.  c) It would mark him as different.  d) His friends couldn't have understood any of it.  e) NOTA
  9. There are several different races/cultures in the Community, but they are kept separate from each other.  a) True  b) False
  10. When will Jonas begin to see all of the colors? a) When he becomes The Receiver.  b) If he stops taking the pills.  c) In his dreams  d) In the presence of  The Giver.  e) When he receives the memories.
  11. The Giver thinks they made a mistake when they got rid of color.  a) True  b) False
  12. The cover of the book depicts an example of foreshadowing.  a) True  b) False
  13. Which quote foreshadows a conflict between Jonas and the community?  a) "I apologize for making you wait." p85  b) "She expected him to describe his first day of training." p85  c) "You're beginning to see the color red." p89  d) "We shouldn't have!"  p91  e) "Everyone in the community has one-generation memories." p88-89
The Giver, Aloud