| 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