Inference Skills
by Margaret Whisnant
Sample Pages
By Lois Lowry
Chapters 16-23
Twenty-four Cards
Multiple Choice Questions
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The Giver
Chapter 15 – Chapter 23
by Lois Lowry
The Giver is one of the best, if not the best, examples from children’s literature of how important inference skills can be.
Like a secrete code between writer and reader, Ms. Lowery unveils Jonas’s dystopian world clue by clue. Her carefully
chosen words and phrases are candles flickering in the dark, each one shedding a point of light on a small corner of the
strange community until they reveal the awful truth. Miss the clues, and Jonas’s heart-pounding story is a tangle of confusion.
These task cards are designed to guide young readers through the novel’s gallery of passages, sentences, phrases, and
even single words that carry inferred meanings involving plot analysis and character development. Each card presents a
story passage (always in italics), a summary of story events, or a combination of the two with an accompanying question.
Students must choose the correct answer from four given possibilities (multiple choice).
The set includes a cover card (which can double as a container label), a student instruction card, an answer sheet, and
answer keys. Page numbers where passages and summaries are located in the book are included with the answer keys to
give teachers the option of using the individual cards as warm-ups or quizzes.
Preparation Instructions: The cards are formatted with a color border, but they also work well in grayscale.
 Cut card pages vertically at 5½” and individual cards horizontally at 4”.
 Answer sheets are designed to be cut 5½” by 7¾”.
These Task Cards cover Chapter 16 – Chapter 23. Sets for Chapters 1-5, Chapters 6-10, and Chapters 11-15 are also
available from my store and my website.
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When the Giver transmitted his favorite memory to him,
Jonas was in a room filled with people. . . He could see. . . it
was night and snowing. There were colored lights: red and
green and yellow, twinkling from a tree which was, oddly,
inside the room. . . On the floor there were packages
wrapped in brightly colored paper and tied with. . . ribbons.
The family holiday memory led Jonas to ask, “Who were
the old people? Why were they there?” . . . The Old of the
community did not ever leave their special place, the House
of the Old, where they were so well cared for and
respected.
Jonas realized he had experience some sort of holiday,
but he couldn’t quite get the word for it.
What is the word?
A. anniversary
B. vacation
C. Christmas
D. Thanksgiving
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The family unit in the memory that Jonas received had
grandparents, parents, and children—all joined together by
love. The Giver described the them as being complete.
By comparison, which word best describes the true nature
of a community family unit?
A. efficient
B. organized
C. affectionate
D. artificial
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The phrase did not ever leave their special place, tells the
reader that the Old
A. were always safe.
B. lived very much like prisoners.
C. were not required to do any more work.
D. were rewarded for the contributions they had made to
the community with a life of leisure.
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Jonas frowned. “But my parents must have had parents!
. . .Where are they?”
“You could go look in the Hall of Open Records. You’d
find the names. But think, son. If you apply for children,
then who will be their parents-of-the-parents? Who will be
their grandparents?”
What word embedded in this passage subtly hints that
Jonas and The Giver are more than two memory keepers?
A. parents
B. children
C. son
D. grandparents
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Answer Keys
1. C (pp. 122-123)
13. B (pp. 150-151)
2. B (p. 123)
14. C (p. 153)
3. D (pp. 124-126)
15. B (p. 154)
4. C (p. 124)
16. B (p. 155)
5. B (p. 126)
17. C (p.155)
6. A (p. 127)
18. D (p. 160)
7. D (p. 128)
19. A (p. 162)
8. C (pp. 128-129)
20. D (p. 166)
9. A (p. 131)
21. B (p. 169)
10. C (p. 135)
22. B (p. 169)
11. B (p. 137)
23. C (pp. 170-173)
12. C
24. A (pp. 178-179)
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The Giver
Chapters 16-23
Instructions
Read each story passage or section summary
and the question that goes with it. Choose the
correct answer from the four possible responses
and write its letter on your answer sheet.
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Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet
1. ________________ 13. _________________
1. ________________ 13. _________________
2. ________________ 14. _________________
2. ________________ 14. _________________
3. ________________ 15. _________________
3. ________________ 15. _________________
4. ________________ 16. _________________
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5. ________________ 17. _________________
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6. ________________ 18. _________________
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7. ________________ 19. _________________
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8. ________________ 20. _________________
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9. ________________ 21. _________________
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10. ________________ 22. _________________
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11. ________________ 23. _________________
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12. ________________ 24. _________________
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