Characters
What assignment is Jonas selected for at the Ceremony of Twelve? (Full Job Title)
Receiver of Memory
What object first catches Jonas's attention because it appears to change?
The Apple
What emotion-suppressing treatment do citizens take daily?
Pills (the Stirrings medication)
What age is Jonas in the book vs the movie?
Jonas is 12 in the book and 18 in the movie.
Who says: "When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong"?
The Chief Elder
Who gives Jonas memories of the past?
The Giver
What memory helps Jonas understand the concept of pain?
The sledding accident / broken leg memory OR the warefare memory
What color are people unable to see? (Not including Jonas or The Giver)
All colors (they live in a colorless world)
What are Fiona and Asher's assignments in the book vs the movie?
The Book: House of The Old Caretaker & Assistant Director of Recreation
The Movie: Nurturer & Pilot
Who says: "The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it"?
The Giver
What is Gabriel's nickname in Jonas's family unit?
Gabe
What shocking truth does Jonas learn about "release"?
It is actually euthanasia/killing
Name 3 ways that someone can be released from the community.
Breaking an important rule.
Ceremony of the old
Undergrown newchild
Twins
Where is the community situated in the movie vs the book? (For example, what does the perimeter look like)
Book: The community is separated from the rest of the world by thick woods, fields, and the river. It isn't a high-tech barrier, but rather a geographic and physical divide.
Movie: In the movie, the perimeter is heavily dramatized into a futuristic, wavering energy forcefield, and the community is physically isolated on a floating plateau/island in the sky.
Who says: "I want them to wake up and feel things"?
Jonas
What is Jonas' birth number?
Why does Jonas decide he must leave the community? (must give both main reasons)
To return memories to the people and save Gabriel
Which community rule is mentioned most often and is expected to be followed precisely? Give 1 example from the book.
Precision of Language. Jonas talking to family about love and family. Jonas misusing the word starve in school. Asher having poor language skills.
The concept of music has a different presence in the movie and book. What is the concept known as? How does Jonas experience music for the first time in the book and the movie?
Hearing Beyond.
Movie: The Giver presents it to Jonas through memories in the annex building.
Book: Although The Giver mentions hearing beyond, music is never revealed to Jonas until the very end of the book.
This quote reflects which major theme?: "We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others."
Sameness / Control vs. freedom
Who was the receiver before Jonas? Give me their name, and three important details about them.
Rosemary. Had Red Hair. The Giver's Daughter. Applied for Release. Failed Receiver in Training.
Name 6 of the 8 rules Jonas received in his assignment folder
RULES
1. After school go straight to the Annex Room.
2. Go straight home after training each day.
3. You are exempted from rudeness rules (he could ask any citizen any question)
4. Do not discuss your training with anyone.
5. From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
6. Except for illness or injury unrelated to training, do not apply for medicine.
7. You cannot apply for Release.
8. You may lie.
Name all 5 qualities a receiver of memory must have.
1. Intelligence
2. Integrity
3. Courage
4. Wisdom
5. Capacity to See Beyond
The Movie and Book have similar, but different endings. Give a detailed breakdown of each of them.
The Book: The final scenes are a hallucinatory, metaphorical vision. Jonas finds a sled at the top of a snowy hill and rides it down toward a colorful, glowing house echoing with Christmas music. The book ends ambiguously, suggesting that Jonas and Gabriel may have succumbed to the cold and are experiencing a dying dream, or that they have actually crossed over into an afterlife or a magical border of "Elsewhere"
Movie: The ending is literal and definitive. After crashing down a mountain on a sled, Jonas and Gabriel physically discover the exact cottage from one of the memories the Giver shared with him. The warmth/music/memories spread back to their home community.
What emotion is Jonas beginning to understand when he becomes deeply concerned for Gabriel's safety? Where did he first discover this emotion?
Love. In the Christmas memory given to him by the Giver.