LOIS LOWRY
This is the genre in which Lowry wrote The Giver.
What is science fiction.
This is a very important concept in the Community and one which Asher has a lot of trouble with.
What is precision of language?
The Committee of Elders had to be this in order to select Jonas as the next Receiver.
What is unanimous?
This is Fiona's assignment.
What is the Caretaker of the Old?
This is a word that means a perfect society.
What is a utopia?
This is where Jonas's parents will go after he and Lily become adults and move out of the house.
What is live with the Childless Adults?
What is in the form of music?
An assignment that involves raising and caring for the salmon which the Community uses for food.
What is a fish hatchery attendant?
This is the award that Lowry received for The Giver, which is given to the best young adult literature each year.
What is the Newberry Medal?
The Community wants to achieve _____________ by limiting ________________.
What is Sameness/conformity and individuality/choice?
This is the memory where Jonas felt love for the first time.
What is Christmas?
He was assigned the Assistant Director of Recreation.
Who is Asher?
This is where Lowry's family moved to during her childhood that inspired her to write The Giver.
What is Japan?
Children must take a pill for these every day until they enter the House of Old.
What are the stirrings?
These are three characteristics needed to be selected as the Receiver of Memories.
What are intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom, and the ability to see beyond?
Jonas's mother tells Lily she should be assigned this because she's good at it and the Community hasn't had one in awhile.
What is Storyteller?
Lowry questions this concept in The Giver, which is the tendency of an individual to align their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with the people around them.
What is conformity?
These are three reasons foe release in the community.
What are old age, committing transgressions, being an identical twin, a child who doesn't develop as he should, or requesting it?
This was the memory when Jonas experienced individuality.
What is a child's birthday party?