Thursday, 1/24/13 - DO NOT WRITE ON THIS SHEET.
Vocabulary Pretest. Write the letter in your notebook and click. No cheat sheet.

1. "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a _____ like me!"  a) augment  b) grovel  c) parch  d) wretch  e) alibi
2. "There was an all-_____(ing) quiet that blanketed the whole street."  a) deft   b) pervade  c) augment  d) lethargic  e) reprieve
3. In the Christmas memory, Jonas could feel the love _______(ing) the room, but he didn't know the feeling was called love.  a) reprieve  b) relinquish  c) pervade  d) alibi  e) augment
4. The chemotherapy for his cancer always made him feel ________ for several hour afterwards.  a) grovel  b) augment  c) reprieve  d) relinquish  e) wretched
5. The shortstop ____(ly) fielded the difficult grounder, and threw to first for the out.  a) wretched  b) lethargic  c) grovel  d) alibi  e) deft
6. A sloth is a pretty good example of the word ______.     a) relinquish  b) lethargic  c) deft  d) augmented  e) pervading
7. Nobody could confirm his ____ that he was at the movies at the time of the crime, since he went alone, and nobody saw him. a) reprieve  b) wretched  c) augment  d) alibi  e) lethargic
8. In the 1930's drought became so severe and the farmland so ________, that the winds created huge dust storms.  a) parched  b) deft  c) pervading  d) relinquished  e) augmented
9. Jonas felt resentful that he had to _____ his childhood in order to become the new Receiver. a) reprieve  b) relinquish  c) pervade  d) alibi  e) augment
10. The academic word amend is similar in meaning to the vocabulary word ____.  a) grovel  b) relinquish  c) augment  d) alibi  e) parched
11. This warm spell has given us a _____  from the winter cold. a) grovel  b) wretch  c) alibi  d) relinquish  e) reprieve
12. Some teachers keep their classrooms very cold because they think it keeps the students from being too ____.  a) wretched  b) lethargic  c) parched  d) deft  e) alibied
13. After the home economics class made snickerdoodles, the delicious aroma ____(ed) the room.  a) augment  b) pervade  c) alibi  d) parch  e) relinquish

The Giver 16/17 Quiz. Write the letter in your notebook and click. Open book.

1. Why doesn't Jonas want to go back to the Giver? a) It's boring.  b) He wants his childhood back.  c) He doesn't think he's smart enough to be the Receiver.  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
2. All of these are things he has experienced through the memories, except...   a)  Pain  b) Loneliness  c) Solitude  d) Joy  e) He has experienced them all..
3. The word Jonas is searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory is...  a) Warmth  b) Joy  c) Happiness  d) Contentment  e) Love
4. Jonas liked the idea of having grandparents around.  a) True  b) False
5. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, their reaction could best be described as...  a) anger  b) frustration  c) shock  d) nonchalance  e) amusement
6. What do Jonas's parents say about the word love?  a) That it is a banned word.  b) They don't know what he means because they don't have the memories.  c) It is against the rules.  d) The pills make it impossible  e) NOTA
7. After that conversation with his parents, Jonas... a) tells Gabe that things could be different.  b) lies to his parents.  c) decides to stop taking his pill.  d) all of the above.  e) NOTA
8. Jonas now realizes that there is an Elsewhere out there.   a) True  b) False
9. Now that Jonas is experiencing deep feelings like anger and sadness, he realizes that his family doesn't really have any real feelings at all.  a) True  b) False
10. Why is Jonas so disturbed by the game his friends are playing?  a) He remembers the thirsty kid from his dream of war.  b) He thinks it isn't fair.  c) He doesn't understand the rules.  d) He thinks it's dangerous.  e) NOTA
11. How does Asher react when Jonas tells him what he thinks of the game?  a) He invites him to join in.  b) He tries to explain why they are playing it.  c) He asks Jonas to go for a ride along the river.  d) He gets irritated at Jonas.  e) NOTA
12. Why does Jonas feel overwhelmed with feelings of loss?  a) Asher told him he ruined the game.  b) Fiona refused to take a ride with him.  c) He doesn't really like his old friends any more.  d) His friends can't love him back.  e) NOTA
13. What is Lily's "What If?" story about Elsewhere?  a) That it's in outer space.  b) That it's some sort of parallel or twin world  c) That it has animals.  d) That the newchildren never grow up there.  e) That it's like heaven.