The Giver
ch. 1-5

Ch. 6-11
Vocabulary
Characters
Plot details
100

Jonas saw this item change appearance in mid-air.

What is an apple?

100
What happened after a young boy was 'lost' in the river

Ceremony of loss/ He was replaced with a newchild named the same name

100

a person of greater age

elder

100

Brother of Lily, becomes The Receiver of Memory

Jonas

100

Gabriel and Jonas have this in common.

Pale eyes

200
Jonas is apprehensive about this upcoming event.
What is the Ceremony of Twelve?
200

This happens at the Ceremony of Nine.

Children received bicycles

200

uneasy or fearful, nervous

apprehensive

200

Married to a Nurturer, works at Department of Justice

Mother

200

This is the 8th (last!) rule for the Receiver of Memory.

You May Lie

300

What are believed to be imaginary creatures?

Animals

300

Explain what they mean by the person's name is to never to be spoken again.

The failed Receiver

300

Absolutely necessary or important

vital

300

This child drowned in the river

Caleb

300

Having these mean you must take a pill daily.

Stirrings

400

Name two family rituals performed by every house member every day

Sharing of dreams, telling of feelings
400

Asher received this assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve.

Assistant Director of Recreation

400

What is interdependent? 

Being reliant on each other

400

Whose release does Jonas discuss when he is bathing the woman at the House of the Old? 


Roberto
400

This was the first memory Jonas received.

Snow/sledding
500

Name two of the comfort objects and who has them?

  • Jonas had a Bear.
  • Lily had an Elephant.
  • Gabriel had a Hippo.
500

This is how the community got rid of starvation.

Climate control 

*hint can be given - go further than 'sameness' 

500

To discipline for a wrongdoing.

chastise

500

Jonas bathes this woman who lives in the House of the Old.

Larissa

500

This was the 5th attribute for the Receiver to have.

The capacity to see beyond

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