CHARACTERS
chapters 1-2
Jonas leaves the community
Quotes
chapters 19-20
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Who is the main character in the story?
JONAS
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In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
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Who does jonas take with him before leaving the comunity?
Gabriel
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“There’s nothing we can do. It’s always been this way. Before me, before you, before the ones who came before you. Back and back and back.” Why did jonas say this when the giver told him about saving the community?
Jonas said it in an outburst of bitterness and despair at the Giver’s suggestion.
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How did jonas react when he found out what release really is ?
Jonas was horrified
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Who does jonas like ?
FIONA
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Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
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At what time does jonas and gabe leave the community?
Night
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It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old. How did jonas feel about this rule ?
Jonas feels trust and safety
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What has jonas helped the giver decide after so long ?
Jonas helps the giver decide that all memories should be shared and that things need to change.
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What did rosemary ask for? (the failed receiver)
ROSEMARY ASKED FOR RELEASE
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What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?
She works for the department of justice
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What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
Colored lights in the windows of houses
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He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo. Who's last lines were these ?
The giver
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Why does jonas have to escape the community ?
To leave all his memories behind for the people
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What was the fathers job?
NURTURER
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Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
The position holds very little honor in the society
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Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life
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“It was ten years ago, when Jonas was just a toddler. I will not dwell on the experience because it causes us all terrible discomfort.” Who spoke this quote ?
Chief Elder
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Who is the givers daughter ?
Rosemary
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What did jonas and gabe have in common?
THEIR PALE EYES
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Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
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How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
He transmits memories of cold so that the heat- seeking planes cannot locate them
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We really have to protect people from wrong choices. Who spoke this as the giver and jonas made their plan?
Jonas
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Once the giver tells the community that jonas was lost in the river what ceremony will they make ?
Ceremony of loss
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