The Giver, Chapter 20 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Why does Jonas refuse to go home at the beginning of Chapter 20?

   • He is angry that the Giver withheld memories of war and suffering from him
   • Correct answer: He is devastated after watching his father release the lighter twin newchild
   • He is afraid the Elders will punish him for breaking community rules
   • He is exhausted from receiving too many painful memories in one session

   Jonas refuses to go home because he witnessed his father kill the lighter newchild twin during a release ceremony in Chapter 19, and he cannot face his family after this horrifying discovery.

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   Question 2. What happened when Rosemary was released ten years before the events of this chapter?

   • Correct answer: Her accumulated memories returned to the community, causing confusion and distress
   • The Giver absorbed all of her memories back, doubling his own burden of knowledge
   • The Elders erased all records of her existence to prevent questions from citizens
   • The community forgot she existed and life continued as normal without disruption

   When Rosemary was released, the memories she had received during her training returned to the community's citizens. Even though she held relatively few memories, the experience was overwhelming for people who had never felt real emotions.

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   Question 3. What is the central idea behind Jonas and the Giver's escape plan?

   • Jonas will train a group of young people to become additional Receivers of Memory
   • Jonas will publicly expose the truth about release at the December Ceremony
   • Correct answer: Jonas will escape to Elsewhere so his memories return to the community's citizens
   • Jonas will convince the Elders to abolish Sameness through a formal petition

   The plan centers on Jonas leaving the community so that the memories he has been holding for the people—almost a year of them—will return to the citizens, who will have to bear them themselves and feel what they have never felt.

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   Question 4. What will the Giver transmit to Jonas during the two weeks before the escape?

   • Memories of past Receivers who successfully escaped from other communities
   • Memories of technology and survival skills from before the time of Sameness
   • Memories of distant lands and maps to help Jonas navigate the geography beyond the community
   • Correct answer: Memories of courage and strength to prepare Jonas for the dangerous journey ahead

   The Giver plans to spend the two weeks before the December Ceremony transmitting memories of courage and strength to help Jonas endure the difficult and dangerous journey to Elsewhere.

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   Question 5. Why is Jonas's bicycle left by the river as part of the escape plan?

   • It is a decoy to lead search parties downstream while Jonas travels in the opposite direction
   • It marks the location where the Giver's vehicle will pick Jonas up the next morning
   • It serves as a signal to the Giver that Jonas has successfully begun his journey
   • Correct answer: It creates the appearance that Jonas accidentally drowned, buying him time to escape

   Leaving the bicycle and clothing by the river is a ruse. When searchers find them, the Giver will announce that Jonas has been lost in the river and begin the Ceremony of Loss, and by then Jonas will be on his own, making his journey Elsewhere.

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   Question 6. How will the Giver physically help Jonas escape on the morning of the Ceremony?

   • He will create a distraction at the Ceremony while Jonas slips away on foot
   • Correct answer: He will order a vehicle to supposedly visit another community and hide Jonas inside
   • He will give Jonas access to a secret underground tunnel that leads outside the community
   • He will transmit a memory of invisibility so Jonas can walk out undetected

   The Giver will order a vehicle under the pretense of visiting another community and hide Jonas in the storage compartment, driving him partway to give him a head start on his journey to Elsewhere.

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   Question 7. Why does the Giver refuse to escape with Jonas?

   • He wants to continue his role as Receiver because the memories give him great power
   • He believes that two people escaping would attract more attention and suspicion
   • Correct answer: He is too old and weak for the journey, and the community will need him to help people cope
   • He has made a binding oath to the Elders that prevents him from leaving the community

   The Giver explains he is too old and weak for the journey. More importantly, when Jonas's memories return to the citizens, they will be overwhelmed and confused. The Giver must stay to guide them through the emotional chaos.

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   Question 8. What does the Giver mean when he says that, once his work is done, he wants to be with Rosemary?

   • Correct answer: His words suggest he does not expect to live on once his work here is finished
   • He plans to transmit his remaining memories to create a mental image of Rosemary
   • He wants to visit the community where Rosemary was reassigned after her release
   • He wants to find Rosemary's personal belongings and preserve them as a memorial

   Since Rosemary was released (killed) ten years ago, the Giver's wish to 'be with' her suggests he does not expect to live on once he has finished helping the community change. He names no plan and no time for it. His words reveal his profound grief and loneliness.

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   Question 9. What is the relationship between the Giver and Rosemary?

   • Correct answer: Rosemary was the Giver's daughter and the previous failed Receiver of Memory
   • Rosemary was the Giver's first student who completed her training and moved Elsewhere
   • Rosemary was the Giver's sister who chose release rather than becoming the next Receiver
   • Rosemary was the Giver's wife who left the community years before Jonas was born

   Rosemary was the Giver's daughter. She was selected as the Receiver of Memory before Jonas, but she requested release after being unable to bear the painful memories she received during training.

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    Question 10. Why will Jonas's escape have a much greater impact on the community than Rosemary's release did?

    • Jonas is more well-known in the community and his loss will cause deeper grief
    • Correct answer: Jonas holds nearly a year of memories compared to Rosemary's five weeks of training
    • Jonas has secretly shared memories with many citizens, creating a network of awareness
    • Jonas's family unit is more prominent in the community than Rosemary's was

    Rosemary held only five weeks' worth of memories when she was released, and even those made the people panic. Jonas has been receiving memories for almost a year, so a far larger flood of feelings and experiences will return to the community.

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    Question 11. Which of the following events actually happens in Chapter 20?

    • Jonas confronts his father about the truth of release the next morning
    • The Giver transmits the memory of Rosemary's release to Jonas
    • Jonas secretly tells his friend Asher about his plan to leave the community
    • Correct answer: Jonas and the Giver create a detailed plan for Jonas to escape to Elsewhere

    In Chapter 20, Jonas and the Giver talk late into the night and make the escape plan. Jonas goes home the next morning but lies easily instead of confronting his father, he tells no friends about the plan, and the Giver does not transmit Rosemary's release to him.

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    Question 12. Which of the following does NOT happen in Chapter 20?

    • The Giver refuses Jonas's plea to escape together
    • Jonas stays overnight in the Annex room rather than going home
    • Correct answer: Jonas begins his escape from the community under cover of darkness
    • The Giver reveals he wants to be with Rosemary once his work is done

    Jonas does not leave in Chapter 20. The chapter is about planning: he and the Giver agree that he will secretly leave his dwelling in the middle of the night before the December Ceremony, two weeks away.

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    Question 13. What does the escape plan reveal about Jonas's motivations?

    • He wants to punish the community for its cruelty by forcing painful memories upon them
    • Correct answer: He is leaving not just to save himself but to return human experience and feeling to the community
    • He is driven by curiosity about what exists beyond the community's boundaries
    • He is primarily motivated by fear and self-preservation after learning the truth about release

    The plan is not merely about Jonas's personal escape. By leaving, his memories will return to the people, potentially breaking the hold of Sameness and restoring genuine human emotion to the community. Jonas is acting for the community's sake as well as his own.

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