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 happens first in the novel?
A. Jonas takes an apple home.
B. Father brings Gabriel home.
C. Jonas remembers the frightened community when a plane flies overhead.
D. Lily talks about Gabriel’s pale eyes.
What is Jonas remembers the frightened community when a plane flies overhead?
In Jonas’s community, people don’t call the place where they live a house. What do they call it?
A. Residence
B. Dwelling
C. Shelter
D. Unit
What is a dwelling?
Children in Jonas’s community must wait until they reach a certain age before they are allowed to have a bicycle.
At what age do they receive one?
What is 9?
This character is an Eleven who is nervous about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve.
Who am I?
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? Birthmothers have "three lazy years" but then are assigned to do hard labor for the rest of their adult lives.
Which event happened long before the beginning of the novel, when Asher was only a Three?
A. Asher received his bicycle.
B. Asher began his volunteer hours.
C. Asher confused the words “snack” and “smack” and was punished for it.
D. Asher began preparing for his Assignment.
What is C?
Babies in Jonas’s community are not usually called babies or infants. They are called...
A. Littles
B. Infants
C. Newchildren
D. Ones
What is newchildren?
People in Jonas’s community are expected to choose their words very carefully and say exactly what they mean. What is this expectation called?
A. Proper speaking
B. Precision of language
C. Careful conversation
D. Correctness
What is Precision of language?
This member of Jonas’s family works as a Nurturer and is especially concerned about a newchild who is not developing as expected.
Who is Father?
In Chapter 1, it is clear that The Giver is a dystopian novel. Name one element of dystopian literature that is clearly presented in Chapter 1.
What is conformity and/or surveillance?
These people take care of newchildren from birth until they are assigned to a family unit.
What are Nurturers?
Jonas is an Eleven who is preparing for the Ceremony of Twelve.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is true?
In our community, we might say someone has a job or career. In Jonas’s community, the job chosen for each Twelve is called an...
What is an Assignment?
Every evening, Jonas and his family are required to take turns discussing something that happened during their day. What must they share?
What is Their feelings ?
This character is Jonas’s younger sister. She is talkative, sometimes has trouble choosing her words carefully, and is preparing to become an Eight.
Who is Lily?
This ritual was done by each family unit after dinner.
What is the Telling of Feelings?
This is the first item that Jonas saw change inexplicably.
What is an apple?
Jonas knows exactly what happened when the apple changed while he and Asher were playing catch.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What is false?
Jonas notices something strange about the apple, but he cannot explain exactly what happened.
The Chief Elder apologized to the audience, saying that Jonas had not been Assigned, he had been..."
What is selected?
Jonas’s father admits that he looked at the name of the newchild Gabriel before the Naming Ceremony, even though he was not supposed to. Why was this against the rules?
A. Nurturers are not allowed to know newchildren’s names.
B. Newchildren are not allowed to have names.
C. Names are supposed to remain secret until they are officially given at the Ceremony.
D. Only the Chief Elder can name a newchild.
What is names are supposed to remain secret until they are officially given at the Ceremony?
Jonas notices something unusual about this character that reminds him of himself: they both have pale eyes, a rare trait in the community.
Who is Gabriel?
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?
This is the reason Jonas doesn't often do his volunteer hours with his friend, Asher.
What is "Asher frequently fooled around and made serious work a little difficult"?
Which sequence correctly shows events from Jonas’s life from earliest to most recent?
A. Becomes an Eleven → receives a comfort object → begins volunteer hours → prepares for the Ceremony of Twelve
B. Begins volunteer hours → receives a bicycle → receives a comfort object → prepares for the Ceremony of Twelve
C. Receives a comfort object → begins volunteer hours → receives a bicycle → prepares for the Ceremony of Twelve
D. Receives a bicycle → receives a comfort object → begins volunteer hours → prepares for the Ceremony of Twelve
What is Receives a comfort object → begins volunteer hours → receives a bicycle → prepares for the Ceremony of Twelve?
In Jonas’s community, families participate in this nightly ritual. Each person takes a turn talking about the emotions they experienced during the day.
What is Sharing of Feelings?
When Lily points out that Gabriel has pale eyes like Jonas, Jonas becomes uncomfortable. What expectation in the community did Lily break?
A. Never talk about a newchild
B. Never compare family members
C. Do not call attention to differences between people
D. Do not discuss someone’s appearance during family time
What is Do not call attention to differences between people?
This person is considered the most important Elder in the community. They live and work alone, separated from the other Elders because of their special role.
Who is the Receiver?