The Giver, Chapter 22 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What injury does Jonas sustain in Chapter 22?

   • He cuts his hand on a sharp rock while trying to climb a hillside
   • Correct answer: He sprains his ankle after falling from his bicycle on the rough terrain
   • He burns his arm while trying to start a fire for warmth and cooking
   • He strains his shoulder from carrying Gabriel for long distances on foot

   Jonas takes a fall from his bicycle on the rough, deteriorating terrain and sprains his ankle, which makes further travel even more painful and difficult.

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   Question 2. How does Jonas manage to catch fish in Chapter 22?

   • Correct answer: He makes a crude net from scraps of Gabriel's blanket and catches two fish
   • He traps fish by building a small dam of rocks across a narrow stream
   • He uses memories from the Giver to recall an ancient fishing technique
   • He sharpens a curved stick into a spear and stabs the fish in a shallow stream

   Jonas cannot catch a fish with his hands, so he makes a net by looping the strands of Gabriel's blanket around a curved stick. After countless tries, the net yields two silvery fish, which he cuts up and shares with Gabriel.

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   Question 3. Which of the following does Jonas see for the first time in this chapter?

   • The House of the Old and the Annex, outlined against the night sky
   • Search planes flying low enough for him to see the searchers' faces
   • Correct answer: A bird in flight, waterfalls, and wildflowers in the natural landscape
   • Other human communities and settlements scattered across the countryside

   Jonas marvels at a bird in flight, waterfalls, and wildflowers—all natural wonders that have been eliminated from the community by Sameness and climate control. These are his first encounters with uncontrolled nature.

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   Question 4. How does the real rain differ from the memory of rain the Giver once gave Jonas?

   • The real rain lasts only briefly, while the memory rain went on for many hours
   • The real rain brings a rainbow afterward, while the memory rain did not include color
   • The real rain is warm and gentle, while the memory rain was harsh and frightening
   • Correct answer: The real rain leaves them cold and wet, while he had enjoyed the rains in the memories

   Jonas had experienced rain often in the memories and had liked it. The real rain is different: it falls for two days, and he and Gabriel become cold and wet and find it hard to get dry.

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   Question 5. What does Jonas conclude when he questions whether he made the right choice to leave?

   • He decides the choice was wrong but that it is too late to turn back now
   • Correct answer: He realizes staying would have meant starving for feeling and that Gabriel would be dead
   • He concludes that he should have waited longer to prepare better for the journey
   • He decides the choice was right only because The Giver would be disappointed if he returned

   Jonas overcomes his doubt by reasoning that staying would have meant continuing to starve for genuine feeling—for color, love, and real human experience—and that Gabriel would have been released (killed). He concludes his choice was right.

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   Question 6. Why does Jonas weep in Chapter 22?

   • He weeps from joy after seeing the beauty of the natural world for the first time
   • He weeps from the throbbing pain in the ankle he sprained in his fall
   • Correct answer: He weeps from fear that he will be unable to save Gabriel from hunger and cold
   • He weeps from loneliness and longing for his family and friends back in the community

   Jonas cries for the same reasons Gabriel does (hunger, cold and weakness) and for one more: he is afraid he cannot save Gabriel. He no longer cares about himself. His fear is for the child, not for his own survival.

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   Question 7. What has happened with the community's search planes by this chapter?

   • Correct answer: They have not come in days, and his fear of the searchers has faded
   • They have shifted to searching rivers and waterways after finding the abandoned bicycle
   • They have been redirected by the Giver to search in the wrong direction
   • They are still flying overhead but less frequently than before, searching in wider patterns

   Jonas has not seen planes in days. The searchers "seemed to have diminished into the past," so he begins, carefully, to ride in daylight.

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   Question 8. Which of the following events actually happens in Chapter 22?

   • Jonas encounters other travelers who share their food with him and Gabriel
   • Jonas discovers an abandoned building where he and Gabriel shelter from the rain
   • Jonas transmits warm memories to Gabriel to raise the baby's body temperature
   • Correct answer: Jonas fashions a net from Gabriel's blanket and catches two fish in a stream

   In Chapter 22, Jonas improvises a fishing net from scraps of Gabriel's blanket and catches two small fish. He does not encounter other people, find an abandoned building for shelter, or transmit warming memories in this chapter.

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   Question 9. Which of the following does NOT happen in Chapter 22?

   • Correct answer: Jonas finds a village or settlement and decides to avoid it to stay hidden
   • Jonas sees a bird in flight, waterfalls, and wildflowers for the first time
   • Jonas sprains his ankle in a fall from his bicycle on the rough terrain
   • Jonas and Gabriel endure two days of rain that leaves them cold and wet

   Jonas does not find any village or settlement in Chapter 22. The chapter takes place entirely in uninhabited wilderness. He does sprain his ankle, endure rain, and see birds, waterfalls, and wildflowers.

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    Question 10. What does the narrow, untended road symbolize in Chapter 22?

    • The community's deliberate destruction of paths to prevent citizens from leaving
    • The passage of many years since anyone from the community has traveled this far
    • The growing danger from the search planes, which now fly lower and more often over the countryside
    • Correct answer: Jonas's complete departure from the controlled, planned world of Sameness into the unknown

    The road grows narrower and bumpier, "no longer tended by road crews." Leaving the tended roads behind marks Jonas's move from the controlled, orderly world of Sameness into a landscape full of surprises and unknown perils.

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    Question 11. In Chapter 22, Jonas and Gabriel finish the 'meager' store of potatoes and carrots they had saved. What does 'meager' mean?

    • Spoiled, stale, or no longer fit to eat
    • Large and generous, more than enough for all
    • Correct answer: Small in amount and barely enough to meet a need
    • Carefully hidden or stored away for later use

    'Meager' means small in amount, barely enough. The few potatoes and carrots saved from the last agricultural area soon run out, and after that Jonas and Gabriel are always hungry.

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    Question 12. What central theme does Jonas's internal debate about his choice illustrate?

    • The conflict between childhood innocence and the harsh realities of the adult world
    • Correct answer: The tension between freedom with its risks and the security of a controlled existence
    • The struggle between personal ambition and the many obligations of community membership
    • The difficulty of forgiving those who have wronged you in the name of tradition

    Jonas's debate illustrates the novel's central theme of freedom versus security. Choosing freedom means accepting hunger, pain, and danger. Choosing security (Sameness) means giving up love, color, and genuine human experience.

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    Question 13. What does Jonas's selfless concern for Gabriel demonstrate about his growth as a character?

    • He has adopted the community's value of placing duty above personal feeling
    • He has become more practical and strategic in his thinking since leaving the community
    • Correct answer: He has developed the capacity for unconditional love—an emotion unknown in the community for generations
    • He has learned to suppress his own emotions in order to focus on the task at hand

    Jonas's selfless fear for Gabriel shows he has developed unconditional love—the ability to care more about someone else than himself. This is the very emotion that Sameness was designed to eliminate, and it is the culmination of Jonas's emotional growth.

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