Characters
Character that trains Jonas as the new Receiver of Memory
The Giver
The first memory Jonas received
Sledding down a hill
The rule for Jonas's job that shocked him the most.
You may lie
Where Jonas goes to volunteer at the start of the story
The House of the Old
Age of the characters when they receive their job assignment
18
Was assigned as caretaker of the old.
Fiona
The toughest memory for Jonas to experience in the book.
What happens when someone breaks a rule 3 times?
They are released
His two best friends
Asher and Fiona
How do characters prevent their "stirrings"?
An injection every morning
Jonas's parent that works in the department of justice.
Mother
The first memory Jonas shares with Gabe
Who changes the rules?
A committee
What trait does Jonas have that makes him stand apart from almost everyone else in the community?
Pale eyes
What is the strange thing that is seen in Elsewhere that is also on the map Jonas finds?
Triangle of Rocks
Announced the job assignments at the ceremony of 12.
The memory that caused the previous receiver of memory to request release.
What rule did Jonas break when he first noticed his "capacity to see beyond"?
Snacks should be eaten, not hoarded.
His number for the ceremony
19
What does Jonas's father call Gabe's comfort object?
Hippo
The Receiver of Memory before Jonas.
Rosemary
The memory The Giver used to convince the committee of elders to not expand the amount of babies a birthmother has to 3.
When someone is lost in the community, what do they do? Be detailed in your response.
They perform the ceremony of loss, where they say the name quietly as the day goes on. Then, when a new child receives that name they start quietly saying their name and get progressively louder.
List 3 of the 4 qualities Jonas has that makes him qualified to be the next Receiver of Memory
Wisdom
Intelligence
Integrity
Courage
Who played the Chief Elder?
Meryl Streep