The Giver, Chapter 18 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What does Jonas ask The Giver about at the start of Chapter 18?

   • Whether The Giver remembers the previous Receiver's Ceremony of Twelve
   • Whether the Committee of Elders knows about all the memories he holds
   • Whether The Giver has ever tried to share memories with other community members
   • Correct answer: Whether The Giver ever thinks about release, including applying for his own

   Jonas opens the chapter by asking The Giver if he ever thinks about release, prompting the story of Rosemary.

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   Question 2. What was the name of the previous Receiver-in-Training who failed?

   • Larissa, who was an elderly resident at the House of the Old
   • Fiona, who was later assigned to work at the House of the Old
   • Correct answer: Rosemary, who was selected as Receiver ten years before Jonas
   • Lily, who was Jonas's younger sister and a Seven at the time

   The Giver reveals that her name was Rosemary and that she had been selected ten years prior to Jonas.

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   Question 3. How did The Giver describe his relationship with Rosemary?

   • He said she was merely a student he trained with professional detachment
   • Correct answer: He said he loved her, and that he feels the same love for Jonas
   • He said she reminded him of a memory from his own childhood years
   • He said she was a difficult trainee who constantly challenged his authority

   The Giver tells Jonas that what he felt for Rosemary was love, the feeling in the favorite memory he gave Jonas of a family with grandparents. Then he adds that he feels it for Jonas, too.

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   Question 4. What types of memories did The Giver give Rosemary at first?

   • Correct answer: Happy memories such as a merry-go-round, a kitten, and a picnic
   • Historical memories about the time before Sameness was established
   • Balanced memories that included equal portions of both joy and sorrow
   • Only memories of physical sensations like warmth, cold, and texture

   The Giver began with happy memories, such as a ride on a merry-go-round, a kitten to play with, and a picnic. Sometimes he chose one just because he knew it would make her laugh.

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   Question 5. Why did The Giver begin giving Rosemary painful memories?

   • Because the Committee of Elders required a strict training schedule
   • Correct answer: Because Rosemary insisted on receiving them out of her sense of duty
   • Because The Giver was running out of pleasant memories to transmit
   • Because the rules mandated that painful memories come before happy ones

   Rosemary had a strong sense of duty and asked to receive the difficult memories herself, even though The Giver was reluctant.

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   Question 6. What painful memories did The Giver transmit to Rosemary?

   • Correct answer: Memories of loneliness, loss, poverty, hunger, and terror
   • Memories of natural disasters, disease, and environmental destruction
   • Memories of betrayal, imprisonment, exile, and public humiliation
   • Memories of war, broken bones, starvation, and burning physical pain

   The Giver gave her memories of loneliness, loss, poverty, hunger, and terror, but he could not bring himself to give her physical pain.

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   Question 7. How long did Rosemary's training last before she requested release?

   • Just ten days before she could not continue any longer
   • Approximately three months of increasingly difficult sessions
   • Correct answer: Only five weeks, with most memories being pleasant ones
   • A full year, the same amount of time Jonas has been training

   Rosemary's training lasted just five weeks, and the majority of the memories she received were pleasant — only a small number were painful.

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   Question 8. What did Rosemary do after her final difficult training session?

   • She confronted The Giver and demanded he stop the transmissions
   • She attempted to share her painful memories with other citizens
   • She returned home but refused to come back for further training
   • Correct answer: She went directly to the Chief Elder and applied for release

   Instead of going home, Rosemary went straight to the Chief Elder and applied for release, which was granted because the rules did not yet forbid it.

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   Question 9. What did Rosemary do just before she left The Giver's room for the last time?

   • Correct answer: She put her arms around The Giver and kissed his cheek
   • She told The Giver she was returning to her dwelling to rest
   • She thanked The Giver and promised to return the next afternoon
   • She asked The Giver to transmit one final cheerful memory

   After a hard session, Rosemary stood up silently, frowning as if she were making a decision. Then she put her arms around The Giver and kissed his cheek. She left that day and did not go back to her dwelling.

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    Question 10. What happened to the memories Rosemary had received after she was released?

    • They remained locked in the Annex room where training had taken place
    • They transferred automatically to The Giver who had to absorb them all
    • Correct answer: They flooded back into the community because memories can never be lost
    • They were permanently destroyed and could never be recovered again

    Since memories are permanent and cannot be destroyed, all of Rosemary's memories returned to the general community when she was released.

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    Question 11. How did the community react when Rosemary's memories returned to them?

    • They adapted quickly since most of the memories were pleasant ones
    • Correct answer: They fell into confusion and distress, unable to process the emotions
    • They demanded answers from the Committee of Elders about what happened
    • They experienced no reaction because the memories were too few to notice

    The community was thrown into chaos because the citizens had no framework for understanding emotions like loneliness and grief, even though most of Rosemary's memories were actually pleasant.

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    Question 12. What hypothetical question does Jonas ask The Giver near the end of Chapter 18?

    • What would happen if Jonas tried to share his memories with his friends
    • What would happen if Jonas refused to accept any more painful memories
    • What would happen if The Giver transmitted all his memories at once
    • Correct answer: What would happen if Jonas were lost, such as falling into the river

    Jonas asks what would happen if he were to be lost — for example, if he accidentally fell into the river — prompting The Giver to explain that all of Jonas's memories would return to the community.

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    Question 13. Why would losing Jonas be far worse for the community than losing Rosemary was?

    • Because Jonas is more popular and his absence would be immediately noticed
    • Correct answer: Because Jonas has a full year of memories including war and starvation
    • Because The Giver is now too old to help the community cope a second time
    • Because the Committee of Elders has fewer members to manage the crisis

    Jonas has received far more memories than Rosemary did in her five weeks, including deeply painful ones involving war, extreme suffering, and starvation, which would overwhelm the unprepared community.

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    Question 14. What rule was created as a direct result of Rosemary's release?

    • Correct answer: A rule forbidding the Receiver-in-Training from applying for release
    • A rule mandating that training must be completed within thirty days
    • A rule declaring that only males could be selected as Receivers
    • A rule requiring all Receivers to live separately from others

    After the failure ten years ago, the rules were changed so that the Receiver-in-training may not apply for release. Rosemary's rules had no such rule: "It's in your rules, Jonas. But it wasn't in hers."

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    Question 15. What new idea does The Giver begin to consider at the end of Chapter 18?

    • That Rosemary's lost memories could be recovered from the people
    • That the community should be permitted to say Rosemary's name
    • Correct answer: That he could help the whole community the way he has helped Jonas
    • That Jonas should practice swimming to protect himself in rivers

    Thinking about what would happen if Jonas were lost in the river, The Giver says he supposes he could help the whole community the way he has helped Jonas. He calls it "an interesting concept" and says he needs to think about it some more.

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