Chapter 21 Quiz — The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 21

What triggers Jonas's decision to flee the community immediately rather than following the original plan?

• The Giver sends Jonas a secret message warning that the Elders have discovered their escape plan
• Jonas's father announces that Gabriel will be released the following morning
• Jonas overhears the Chief Elder discussing his reassignment to a different community role
• Jonas receives a memory so painful that he can no longer bear to stay in the community

What does Jonas take with him when he escapes the community?

• A map from the Giver, warm clothing, and supplies from the Annex storeroom
• Leftover food from the dwelling, his father's bicycle, and baby Gabriel
• The Giver's book of memories, a blanket, and his assignment uniform
• Medicine from the Nurturing Center, his own bicycle, and Gabriel's comfort object

How do the search planes attempt to locate Jonas and Gabriel?

• They use powerful searchlights to scan the ground during nighttime sweeps
• They broadcast Jonas's name and description over loudspeakers mounted on the aircraft
• They use heat-sensing technology to detect body warmth from the air
• They deploy tracking dogs that can follow Jonas's scent across long distances

How does Jonas hide from the heat-seeking search planes?

• He covers himself and Gabriel with thick mud to insulate their body heat
• He hides in a cave deep underground where the planes' sensors cannot reach
• He transmits the memory of snow and cold to lower their body temperatures
• He travels only through dense forest canopy that blocks the sensors from above

How does Jonas keep Gabriel quiet during their escape?

• He feeds Gabriel continuously to keep the baby distracted and content
• He transmits calming and soothing memories to help the baby stay peaceful and asleep
• He wraps Gabriel tightly in blankets so the baby cannot move or cry loudly
• He sings lullabies he learned from the Giver's transmitted memories of music

What is Jonas's strategy for traveling and resting during the escape?

• He rides continuously without stopping to put maximum distance between himself and the community
• He travels during the day when planes are less likely to fly and rests at night in shelters
• He rides through the night and hides in underbrush during the day to avoid detection
• He alternates between riding and walking to conserve energy over the longest possible distance

What changes does Jonas observe in the environment as he travels farther from the community?

• The roads become wider and better maintained as he approaches other communities
• The terrain varies with hills and wildlife, things that don't exist in the community
• The temperature drops dramatically and snow begins to fall around him naturally
• Buildings and structures appear that are older and more elaborate than community architecture

How does Jonas's escape in Chapter 21 differ from the original plan devised with the Giver?

• Jonas leaves alone without Gabriel, which was not part of the original plan
• Jonas leaves immediately with minimal preparation instead of waiting weeks for the December Ceremony
• Jonas travels by water instead of by road, making him harder to track by search planes
• Jonas heads toward a different community instead of toward Elsewhere as originally planned

Which of the following events actually happens in Chapter 21?

• Jonas transmits the memory of snow to hide himself and Gabriel from heat-seeking search planes
• The Giver helps Jonas escape by hiding him in a vehicle's storage compartment as planned
• Jonas's mother discovers Jonas is missing and raises the alarm before he crosses the bridge
• Jonas encounters other escapees from neighboring communities who join him on his journey

Which of the following does NOT happen in Chapter 21?

• Jonas rides his father's bicycle through the night with Gabriel in the child seat
• Jonas hides during the day to avoid detection by search planes flying overhead
• Jonas stages a fake drowning by leaving his bicycle and clothing by the river
• Jonas transmits calming memories to Gabriel to keep the baby from crying

What does Jonas's father's casual attitude about Gabriel's release reveal about the community?

• He secretly opposes the release but feels powerless to speak up against the committee's decision
• He genuinely does not understand that release means death because citizens are never told the truth
• He has been conditioned by Sameness to vote for a baby's death without emotional conflict or moral awareness
• He is deliberately testing Jonas to see whether his son has learned the truth about release

What literary device is at work when Jonas's father cheerfully discusses Gabriel's upcoming release?

• Foreshadowing, as the father's words predict events that will unfold in later chapters
• Dramatic irony, because Jonas and the reader know release means death but the father speaks of it innocently
• Hyperbole, as the father exaggerates the difficulty of caring for Gabriel to justify the decision
• Personification, as the father attributes human-like decision-making ability to the Nurturing Center

What theme is most powerfully expressed by Jonas's decision to save Gabriel?

• The importance of education and knowledge in making informed decisions about society
• The value of individual life and love over collective rules and institutional authority
• The superiority of youth and innocence over the corruption and apathy of adulthood
• The inevitability of conflict between generations with different values and experiences

What does the changing landscape Jonas encounters symbolize in the broader context of the novel?

• The increasing danger Jonas faces as he moves farther from the safety of the community
• Jonas's growing confusion and disorientation as he leaves everything familiar behind
• The natural diversity and freedom that exist beyond the community's artificial Sameness
• The deterioration of civilization that occurred when communities chose isolation over cooperation

Comprehension Quiz