Characterize this
This is the main character of the novel. He has pale eyes and the capacity to see beyond.
Jonas
Why was Jonas careful about the words he chose to say in the beginning of the novel. He started feeling frightened at first but was apprehensive by the end of the chapter.
Precision of Language
What was significant about the twelves? What do they receive during their ceremony?
Assignments
After Jonas told his weird dream to his parents, what did they told him that he was experiencing?
The Stirrings
How long has it been since the last Receiver was selected?
10 years
Jonas best friend. He is quite absent-minded and fails to use precise language.
Asher
If you are not satisfied with the community, what are you entitled to?
You may request to be released into “Elsewhere”
The tens, what happens during their ceremony?
both boys and girls get haircuts
Besides Jonas and Gabriel, who else in the community has pale colored eyes?
The receiver of memory and a female five
At the Ceremony of Twelve, the crowd accepts Jonas as the new Receiver of Memory by ___.
Chanting his name
A caring friend of Jonas. She was selected to work at the House of the Old.
Fiona
Besides the misuse of language. What was it supposedly rude to do in the community (Consider Jonas’s pale eyes).
Calling attention to one’s difference’s
As for the elevens, what is their subtle change?
Different clothes for both the boys and girls.
It is totally OKAY to see who naked?
Babies and the old
At the start of the book, what word does Jonas use to describe his feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve?
Apprehensive
A nurturer who petitions the Elders to keep Gabriel for an additional year of nurturing.
Jonas Father
Besides misusing the word “release,” what was a humiliating rule that Jonas was victim of?
Hoarding food
What’s the purpose of the jackets being fastened down the back?
They would have to help each other dress and would learn interdependence
After baby Caleb was gone from the community, what ceremony did they do?
The ceremony of lost.
The first time we see Jonas’ family performing the Telling of Feelings, what feeling does his sister Lily talk about?
Anger
A birth mother who had a somewhat boring existence.
Edna
Why is it so hard for rules to be changed in the community?
The Elder would argue about it until the community forgot about it.
How many years did it take for the Committee of Elders to approve a couple for children?
Three years
What are the five qualities that Jonas exhibits to receive the assignment of “Receiver of Memory”?
Intelligence, Integrity, Courage, Wisdom, and the Capacity to see beyond.
How is official news disseminated to the members of Jonas’ community?
Loudspeakers