Ceremonies
Name Jonas' best friend. * (spell)
What does Jonas's mother do for a living?
1. She works for the Department of Justice.
A loudspeaker is used to __________________
The author of The Giver is:
(1) given a bicycle, (2) lose hair ribbons
How are Jonas and Gabe alike?
What is the ritual they have as a family every evening?
1. They both have pale eyes.
2. Telling of feelings (chapter one)
1. “There’s administrative work, and the dietary rules, and punishment for disobedience—did you know that they use a ______________ on the Old, the same as for small children?
2. Who said the preceding quotation? (chapter 12)
1. discipline wand
2. Fiona
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community?
1. Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine.
Where did Jonas do some of his volunteer hours (specific place)?
What happened to the pilot who flew too close to the community a year ago?
2. He was released.
What are three changes when one becomes an Eight?
(1) start volunteer hours, (2) given an identifying jacket with smaller buttons and pockets, (3) lose comfort object
Why does Father bring Gabe home from the Nurturing Center? (specific)
What was the morning ritual for Jonas’s family?
1. He is not keeping up with the growth of the other babies
2. The telling of dreams (chapter five)
1. “Finally, The Receiver must have one more quality, and it is one which I can only name, but not describe. I do not understand it. You members of the community will not understand it, either. Perhaps Jonas will, because the current Receiver has told us that Jonas already has this quality. He calls it the ________________."
2. Who said the preceding quotation? (chapter 10)
1. The Capacity to See Beyond
2. The Chief Elder (chapter eight)
What is the name of the group that makes rules and determines career assignments?
How did people get a spouse?
1.The Committee of Elders
2. Spouses were matched by the Committee of Elders.
How many newchildren are born each year?
Jonas' first PAINFUL memory was ______________.
At each session, the Giver's touch on the skin of Jonas's _________ transfers experiences and events.
2. sunburn (chapter twelve)
3. back
What is special about December?
What happens at the Ceremony of One? (2 ideas)
It is when the Ceremony of Twelve will take place.
Newchildren are named and placed in homes
What assignment does Mother tell Lily she should not be interested in?
Jonas' father takes care of infants. His assignment is called a ____________. * (spell)
What "changed" as it flew through the air?
1. Birthmother
2. Nurturer
3. an apple
1. "I think it’s probably the most important job in our community." Who said this?
2. Which job is being referred to?
1. Mother
2. Nurturer (chapter two)
Describe (with precision) the standard family unit.
1. Each family will have one male and one female
Whose comfort object was an elephant?
1. What happens to age after the Ceremony of 12?
2. The entire community had performed the Ceremony of ________ together, murmuring the name ________ throughout an entire day, less and less frequently, softer in volume...
(what are the two expected answers?) * (spell)
2. Loss, Caleb
Who looked at the list of newchild assignments before Lily was assigned to the family?
What happened when Jonas took an apple from school?
Why does Jonas have to take pills? * (spell)
1. Father
2. an announcement was made about the incident
3. to stop the Stirrings
1. "I worry a little about Asher’s Assignment,” __________ confessed. “Asher’s such fun. But he doesn’t really have ______________." Who said this?
2. What doesn't Asher have?
1. Jonas
2. serious interests
What are the two occasions when "release" is not a punishment?
Why does Jonas's mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother? (key word starting with the letter -h)
1. The elderly and a newchild
2. The position holds very little honor in the community.
1. Why is Gabriel in danger of being released? (two specific reasons)
2. Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve? (two ideas)
1. He is not growing fast enough and doesn't sleep through the night. (chapter six)
2. She has caused them anxiety about Jonas's assignment. (chapter 8)