The Giver
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 1-3
Jonas is apprehensive about this upcoming event where he would receive his assignment (Chapters 1-8).
What is the Ceremony of Twelve?
Children receive these at the Ceremony of Nine (Chapter 6).
What are bicycles?
The Giver wasn't surprised when Jonas saw occasional glimpses of this shade (Chapter 12).
What the color red?
This character received a memory of “a bright, breezy day on a clear turquoise lake, and above him the white sail of the boat billowing as he moved along in the brisk wind” to calm him (Chapter 14).
Who is Gabriel?
Who is responsible for selecting the Assignments of the children during the Ceremony of Twelve?
The elders
Mother told Lily that this job was without honor (Chapter 3).
What is Birthmother?
Jonas was astonished to find that this could be turned off in the Giver's dwelling (Chapter 10).
What is the speaker?
The Giver gave Jonas this memory to help him with “with the concept of color” (Chapter 12).
What is the memory of a rainbow?
“There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. ‘Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!’" after Jonas had asked his parents this question (Chapter 16).
What is “Do you love me?”
What significant ability does Jonas gain that allows him to break a long-standing community rule?
The ability to lie
At the end of every evening meal, each person in the family took part in this (Chapter 1).
What is the (evening) telling of feelings?
Asher received this assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve (Chapter 7).
What is Assistant Director of Recreation?
This memory was the first to cause pain for Jonas (Chapter 11).
What is sunburn?
Jonas was given a memory described as, “a confused, noisy, foul-smelling place. It was daylight, early morning, and the air was thick with smoke that hung, yellow and brown, above the ground” (Chapter 15).
What is war?
What must every citizen in the community do when they begin experiencing emotions that they cannot control?
Take a pill
Each family unit was allowed to have only one of these and one of these (Chapter 1).
What is one male child and one female child?
This is what happened when it was Jonas's turn to receive his assignment (Chapter 7).
What is when the Chief Elder skipped over him?
These two scientific systems were created to do away with weather and hills (Chapter 11).
What are Sameness and Climate Control?
This is the Giver’s Favorite Memory (Chapter 16)?
What is the holiday celebration that included grandparents?
Any reasonable question will be accepted.
What significant rule does Jonas break at the end of chapter 16?
He decides to stop taking his pill
In Chapter 2, Jonas’s parents reflect on their own ceremony of 12a. They mention that once you’re given this, 'you have no choice' and must accept it as part of the community’s rules.
Wha is your assignment
In Chapter 3, when Jonas's father brings the newchild, Gabriel, home for a night, the infant shows an unusual characteristic that subtly foreshadows Jonas’s own unique ability, which is later revealed in Chapter 10. What is the characteristic?
Pale eyes
In Chapter 11, during his first session with The Giver, Jonas is given a memory of a sled ride. This memory introduces him to the concept of something he has never experienced in the community, which The Giver explains is essential for the role he has been selected for.
What is pain
In Chapter 16, The Giver shares a memory of a family celebration, showing Jonas something the community has lost in its pursuit of sameness. What does this memory reveal?
What is love?
What is the rule of family structure?
2 parents, 2 children--1 boy and 1 girl