Vocabulary
What does it mean to be apprehensive?
What is anxious about something that is happening in the future?
What is the Jonas' dad's job title?
What is nurturer?
What is Jonas' sister's name?
What is Lily?
What transportation method do citizens use to travel around the community?
What are bicycles?
Who is Jonas' best friend?
Who is Asher?
Asher mistakenly says he doesn't have the correct "boyishness" when referring to his ability to swim. What is the correct word?
What is buoyancy?
What can the Giver transmit by placing his hands on Jonas?
What are memories?
What does Jonas call his mentor?
True or false: locks are common in the community
What is: false?
What physical trait does Jonas share with the Giver?
What are light eyes?
What is to pull hard?
What is the first memory the Giver transmits to Jonas?
What is sledding?
The Giver is transmitting not just his own memories, but memories of what to Jonas?
What is the whole world?
What is the Giver able to turn off?
What is the speaker?
What is the first memory of pain the Giver transmits to Jonas?
What is a sunburn?
"It's like going downhill through deep snow on a sled" - he said finally. "At first it's exhilarating; the speed; the sharp clear air". In this context, what does exhilarating mean?
What is to feel happy and excited, free and elated?
When Jonas is "seeing beyond" what is he actually seeing?
What is color?
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What is red?
In chapter 12, what is Jonas dreaming of?
What is sledding?
What does Jonas do after interrupting (which is customary in the community) that the Giver says he "has no time for"?
What is apologize?
What is the main difference between the Giver's home and Jonas' home? (hint: items)
What are books?
The man sat down in his comfortable upholstered chair. He moved his shoulders around as if to ease away an aching sensation. He seemed terribly weary.
In this context, what does terribly weary mean?
What is extremely tired, or exhausted?
What is "You may lie"
Jonas incorrectly says that the Giver has power. The Giver corrects him, saying that his role has a different quality. What is this quality?
What is honor?
What is the phrase used to describe the absence of weather in the community?
What is climate control?
Jonas is able to "see beyond" when looking at an apple, the faces of the community during the ceremony, and one other thing in chapter 12: what is this final thing?
What is Fiona's hair?