THE COMMUNITY
Q: What is the climate like in Jonas’s community?
Climate-controlled / no weather extremes/ No sun/ Nice weather
Q: What number is Jonas turning at the Ceremony?
Twelve
Q: What ceremony assigns jobs to Twelves?
Ceremony of Twelve
Q: What is the first memory Jonas receives?
Snow
Q: What must citizens use at all times?
Precise language
Q: What are all families made of in the community?
1 Mom 1 Dad 1 Son 1 Daughter
Q: What unusual ability does Jonas begin to notice?
Seeing beyond (seeing color)
Q: Who trains Jonas?
The Giver/the old Reviver of Memory
Q: What feeling does Jonas experience while sledding?
Joy
Q: What must families share each evening?
Feelings
Q: What are the children called before they are placed with families?
Nurtured / newchildren
Q: What assignment is Jonas given?
Receiver of Memory
Q: What job does Jonas’s father have?
Nurturer
Q: What painful memory does The Giver transmit involving the sun?
Sunburn
Q: What pill must Jonas stop taking?
The pill that stops stirrings
Q: Why are there no hills in the community?
To make transportation easy
Q: What physical trait does Jonas share with The Giver?
pale eyes
Q: What happens at the Ceremony of One
The get a name and a family
Q: What new concept does Jonas learn that the community lacks?
Color
Q: What rule allows Jonas to lie?
The may lie as Receiver
Q: What is the main reason memories are kept by only one person in the community?
To protect the community from pain and difficult choices
Q: Why is Jonas skipped during the Ceremony of Twelve?
He was selected for a special role / Receiver
Q: What rare job is Jonas assigned that only one person can have?
Receiver of Memory
Q: What strong emotion does Jonas begin to understand through memories?
Love
Q: What rule isolates Jonas from others in his training?
He cannot discuss training / is exempt from rules