What happened to the pilot who flew over the community? | He was released. |
What was Jonas father assigned job? | Nurturer |
Why was the pilot released fromt he community | Hie misread his navigantion instructions and frightend the community |
Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is better word for his feeling than “frightened” | He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels |
What does Jonas’s mother do for a living | She works for the department of justice. |
Which rule is most frequently broken in the community? | Children must no ride bicycles until they are 9. |
Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a birthmother? | The position holds very little honor in society. |
Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment? | Asher does not seem to have major interests. |
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released? | He is not growing fast enough and can not sleep through the night. |
Whad to the numbers assigned to each child signify? | The order of their birth. |
Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Cermony of Twelve? | She has caused them anxiety about Jonas’s assingment. |
How does the community react to the death of a child in the river? | They chant the child’s name over and over. |
Where did the Giver get his wisdom? | From memories transmitted by previous Receiver. |
Did Jonas’s assignment sheet say he could have a wife? | Yes |
What method does the Giver plan to train Jonas? | He places his hands on Jonas’s bare back and gives him memories. |
What are stirrings? | The beginning of sexual desire. |
What is the first memory Jonas receives? | A ride on a sled through falling snow. |
Why is Lily skeptical of Jonas’s story about elephants? | Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary creatures. |
What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen 10 years ago. | Rosemary |
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release? | If Jonas left the community all the memories he hd accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos. |
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep? | He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake. |
Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him they love him? | They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning. |
Why does Jonas interrupt his friend’s game of good guys and bad guys? | he recognizes that their game takes a casual attitude towards tragedy. |
Why does the Nurturing center release one of every set of identical twins? | It is inconvenient to have identical people walking around. |
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned? | He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life. |
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel? | He transmits memories of cold so that the heat seeking planes cannot locate them. |
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled? | Colored lights in the windows of houses. |
What age are children assigned job they will perform as adult | 12 |
What book is not in every household? | Encyclopedia |
How many children did each Birthmother have? | 3 |
How many children were in each family group? | 2 |
What word did not follow the “precise use of words” in the community? | Release |
Where did Jonas want to go when he left the community? | Elsewhere |
What did the Giver and Jonas have that no one else did? | Memories |
Who does Jonas take when he leaves the community? | Gabriel |
What year was The Giver published? | 1993 |
When is the setting? | Some time in the future of a utopian community. |
Who is the protagnonist? | Jonas |
What is the mood of the story | Apprehensive |
What tense is the story told in? | The story is related in the past tense. |
Climax of story | The climax of the story is whenJonas views the video showing his father “releasing” one of the new children. |
Themes | Importance of memory, individual, value of freedom, relationship between pain and pleasure. |
What is a comfort object? | a toy “imaginary” animal given to a child to give him or her comfort. |
How long to children keep the imaginary animals? | Unitl they are 8 years old. |
The Giver by Lois Lowry
April 16, 2020