The Giver Chapters 1-2
This is the rule regarding families and the children who are assigned to each family unit.
What is "two children--one male, one female--to each family unit?"
She called attention to Jonas and Gabriel having similar, pale-colored eyes.
Who is Lily?
What is Lily happy to wear for just one more year?
What are hair ribbons?
What is birth number?
Jonas learns that the previous Receiver-in-training was...
Never spoken of OR never seen again.
This gives instructions to citizens of the community throughout the day.
What is the voice over the loudspeaker?
This Assignment, according to Mother, had very little honor.
What is Birthmother?
The Treatment for Stirrings doesn't stop being given until citizens arrive here.
What is the House of the Old?
Fiona was such a sensitive and gentle girl, and this Assignment was perfect for her.
What is Caretaker of the Old?
Jonas is shocked to discover that his rules for training allow him to do this.
What is lying?
Jonas's best friend
Asher
These people take care of newchildren from birth until they are assigned to a family unit.
What are Nurturers?
Gabriel spends his nights with Jonas' family unit for a couple reasons. Name one.
What is an inability to sleep soundly or gain the appropriate amount of weight?
The crowd watching the Ceremony of Twelve noticed this immediately, and everyone became anxious.
What is the Chief Elder skipping Jonas' Assignment?
Jonas would experience this during his training.
What is pain?
This ritual was done by each family unit after dinner.
What is the Telling of Feelings?
Jonas's father did this with Baby Gabriel.
What is brought him home at night?
Children receive these at the Ceremony of One.
What are names and families?
The Chief Elder apologized to the audience, saying that Jonas had not been Assigned, he had been..."
What is selected?
Jonas saw that the Giver's home has thousands of these; he only had three in his family unit's home.
What are books?
In Chapter 1, Jonas decides he is feeling a particular way and searches for this word to describe it. It is a combination of being nervous and frightened.
What is apprehensive?
Jonas took this home from the Recreation Center.
What is an apple?
Namings, Matching of Spouses, Placement of Newchildren, and Assignments are all decided by this body.
What is the Council of Elders?
This is the most honored job in the community, and there is only one at a time, except for when the current must train their replacement.
What is Receiver of Memory?
Jonas did not understand the Old Receiver's reference to this.
Sledding in the snow downhill.