Characters
Plot Points
Jonas
Customs / Norms
Setting and the Giver
100

List at least TWO main characters in The Giver who have pale eyes.

Jonas, The Giver, Gabriel

100

What happens in the Ceremony of Twelve?

Children receive their job assignments.

100

What is the first color Jonas sees?

Red

100

What does RELEASE mean?

Death

If you are "released," you are killed via lethal injection.

100

What does Jonas steal from his father before he leaves for Elsewhere?

His father's bicycle.

200

Who was Jonas's best friend?

Asher

200

Becoming a Receiver requires something called the "Capacity to See Beyond." What does that mean?

Jonas has the ability to "see beyond," meaning he could see color; The Giver had the ability to "hear beyond," meaning he could hear music.


These people can receive memories.

200

What does Jonas do to calm Gabriel when the baby wakes up during the night?

Jonas gives Gabriel happy/peaceful memories to calm him down. (The first one is of a sailboat.)

200

Why does Jonas's father release one of the twins? How does he do it?

The twin weighs less than the other.

Jonas's father injects his forehead since veins in the arm is too small.

200

What is the Giver's favorite memory?

A family celebrating Christmas.

300

Who was The Giver's daughter?

Rosemary

300

Why did Jonas need to leave the Community sooner than he and the Giver had planned?

Gabriel was to be released the next day since he could not sleep soundly through the night.

300

What is the FIRST memory Jonas receives?

A sled ride

300

When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, how do they respond? Why?

They say that “love” is an inappropriate word to use.

It's too generalized - and almost obsolete in their society.

They are not capable of feeling love. (They do not have memories; they take pills to suppress their emotions.)

300

What does Jonas see at the very end of the book?

A sled

400

Who has red hair?

Fiona

400

What does Jonas hear, at the very end of the book?

Music

400

What challenges does Jonas face as he and Gabe leave their Community and ride off to freedom? List at least TWO of the external pressures they face.

Planes using thermal detectors to search for their body heat

Starvation

Cold/snow

Hills

Jonas twists his ankle

400

How are rules conveyed to the Community? (Be specific!)

A loud speaker that is constantly on. (The Giver is the only one who can turn his off.)

One of their three books is a rule book.

People chastise (verbally warn) one another - and beat children into submission with a discipline wand.

400

What is "Sameness"?

List at least TWO examples.

When everyone is expected to do the same thing, look the same, see the same, and be the same.

There is no diversity, and people can only see shades of black and white.

Weather, hills, and sunlight were also eliminated due to "Sameness."

500

Who drowned in the river before the events of The Giver? (This name was repeated throughout the day in a Ceremony of Loss.)

Caleb

500

Jonas sees color in three different things before asking the Giver what these "changes" mean. What are these three objects? List each of them to earn the full 500 points.

Apple

Faces in the audience (in the auditorium at the Ceremony of Twelve) - while they applaud Jonas being chosen as the new Receiver-in-Training

Fiona's hair

500

Jonas receives a list of rules upon being named "Receiver in Training." List at least TWO of them.

He may not apply for release

He cannot tell anyone about his work with the Giver

He can’t tell his dreams

He can’t take any medication if it has to do with work

He is allowed to be rude / ask questions of anyone

He is permitted to lie

500

List at least TWO different reasons for "release."

Elders are released

You can request/apply for release

If you break the community rules 3 times, you will be released

Babies are released if they are twins or do not conform to society's norms (like, sleeping through the night)

500

Why doesn't the Giver leave with Jonas?

He has to stay and help the community cope with their new memories of the past. Otherwise, they will be thrown into chaos.

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