The Giver: A Questionnaire
Answer each question AGREE or DISAGREE. Be prepared to give reasons for your answer.
1.
_________ A society without competition, unemployment, hunger, and jealousy would be an ideal state in which to live2.__________ Parents could rear their children much better if they did not love them so much.
3.__________ People who are born inferior to others and persons who have become too old to be of use in the workplace should be quietly put to death.
4. __________ Children who do not know their grandparents aren't missing anything.
5. __________ If society could just pick your occupation for you at the age of 12, it would be much simpler and would help people avoid making hard choices about how to spend their lives.
6. __________ All children should have equal possessions and privileges at a certain age, regardless of the status of their families.
7. __________ If meals were delivered to homes each night and everyone in town had the same dinner, it would be a lot better. Moms and Dads would not have to shop for groceries or waste time cooking meals.
8. ___________ Families would be much closer if they had to share all their feelings out loud at supper each night and share their dreams out loud at breakfast every morning.
9. ___________ We should not have to carry bad memories in our heads. It would be much better if all bad things were forgotten.
10. __________ Color, weather, and music are not really necessary things in life. They are really just frills and we could do just as well without them.
11. ___________ Families should not be allowed to have more than two children.