Ceremonies & Assignments
This is the age when a child receives their first haircut.
→ What is ten?
Jonas’s first transmitted memory involved sliding down a hill through this weather.
→ What is snow?
Jonas realized that certain objects seemed to change because he was beginning to see this.
→ What is color?
This rule surprised Jonas most among his instructions as Receiver.
→ What is “You may lie”?
Jonas began feeling this new kind of emotion in his dream about Fiona.
→ What are stirrings?
During the Ceremony of Eights, children begin this kind of community service.
→ What are volunteer hours?
After giving away a memory, this happens to the Giver.
→ What is he no longer has the memory?
The first color Jonas could identify.
→ What is red?
Jonas was forbidden from applying for this leisure privilege during training.
→ What is recreation time?
He was proud to start taking pills because it made him feel like this.
→ What is grown-up / mature?
The Ceremony of Nines marks this milestone that allows children greater independence.
→ What is receiving their first bicycle?
Jonas felt warmth and happiness when the Giver shared this bright memory.
→ What is sunshine?
The Giver gave Jonas the memory of this natural phenomenon to help him understand colors.
→ What is a rainbow?
Medication is allowed only under this condition.
→ What is when it’s not related to training?
Jonas wished he could feel the stirrings again because they felt this way.
→ What is pleasurable?
This boy’s turn was skipped during the Ceremony of Twelve, causing confusion and fear.
→ Who is Jonas?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
The Giver compared his own life to this fast, exhilarating experience.
→ What is going downhill on a sled?
Three red things Jonas has noticed include these.
→ What are the apple, Fiona’s hair, and the sled?
Citizens who want to leave the community go here, though no one truly knows what it means.
→ What is Elsewhere?
Citizens must take their daily pill until they move here.
→ What is the House of the Old?
Instead of being assigned a job, Jonas was this during the Ceremony of Twelve.
What is selected as the new Receiver of Memory?
The painful lesson Jonas learned last in Chapter 11 came from this hot experience.
→ What is sunburn?
Jonas’s ability to “see beyond” represents this deeper human quality.
→ What is awareness / perception / individuality?
The Committee of Elders monitors citizens for years before assigning these.
→ What are spouses and Life Assignments?
** DAILY DOUBLE**
The community chose sameness to remove these differences between people.
→ What are emotional and physical differences (such as colors and feelings)?