Review Ideas and Show Multiple Perspectives Practice Test
•10 QuestionsIn a 6th-grade literature circle, students discuss the question: “At the end of The Giver, is Jonas’s ending hopeful or uncertain?”
Mia: “I think it’s hopeful because Jonas hears music and sees lights. Those details feel like he’s reaching a real place, not just imagining.”
DeShawn: “I think it’s uncertain. The author doesn’t clearly say he arrives anywhere. The snow and tiredness could mean he’s fading, and the music could be in his head.”
Linh: “I’m in between. The ending is ambiguous on purpose. The author gives hopeful symbols like lights, but also danger like freezing.”
Then Jordan tries to paraphrase DeShawn: “So you’re saying Jonas definitely dies at the end because he’s cold.”
DeShawn replies: “Not definitely. I’m saying the text leaves it open and the cold could suggest that.”
Which statement is the most accurate paraphrase of DeShawn’s idea?
In a 6th-grade literature circle, students discuss the question: “At the end of The Giver, is Jonas’s ending hopeful or uncertain?”
Mia: “I think it’s hopeful because Jonas hears music and sees lights. Those details feel like he’s reaching a real place, not just imagining.”
DeShawn: “I think it’s uncertain. The author doesn’t clearly say he arrives anywhere. The snow and tiredness could mean he’s fading, and the music could be in his head.”
Linh: “I’m in between. The ending is ambiguous on purpose. The author gives hopeful symbols like lights, but also danger like freezing.”
Then Jordan tries to paraphrase DeShawn: “So you’re saying Jonas definitely dies at the end because he’s cold.”
DeShawn replies: “Not definitely. I’m saying the text leaves it open and the cold could suggest that.”
Which statement is the most accurate paraphrase of DeShawn’s idea?