THE RULES
What is the rule governing airplanes?
No airplanes can fly over the community.
At the start, why is Jonas so apprehensive?
He’s looking forward to the Ceremony of Twelve.
What is the first memory Jonas received?
Snow and a sled
What does Jonas hear when he rides down the hill at the end of the book?
singing
How did the community get rid of hunger?
1) assigning farm laborers at the Ceremony of Twelve
2) food rationing
3) climate control
climate control
What is the rule regarding bicycles?
1) You could ride anyone’s bike as long as they were your age.
2) You could ride other family members’ bikes.
3) You were not allowed to ride someone else’s bike.
1) No airplanes can fly over the community.
What do Gabriel and Jonas have in common?
They both have pale eyes.
What memory did Jonas not receive?
1) starvation
2) sunburn
3) disease
disease
What is the 5th essential attribute for the Receiver to have?
the capacity to see beyond
How did the community get rid of divorce?
Matching spouses were assigned to those who applied for a spouse.
What is the rule regarding Stirrings?
All stirrings must be reported and are to be treated with pills.
What secret did Jonas learn about his father?
When they release a baby, they kill it by lethal injection.
What was Jonas’s first serious pain?
A broken bone
In which month does the Ceremony of Twelve occur?
December
How did the community get rid of overpopulation?
Children were assigned to approved married couples.
Families could only have 2 children, one boy and one girl.
What is the rule regarding dreams?
Everyone over the age of 6 must share their dreams every morning with the family unit.
Who was the last Receiver that failed? Who was she to The Giver?
The Giver's daughter, Rosemary.
Whose memories does Jonas receive?
the memories of the whole world, back and back
What happens to the community when Jonas runs away?
They get all the memories back.
How did the community get rid of physical pain?
They made the Receiver carry all memories of it.
They have relief of pain medication available at all times for any injury.
What is the rule regarding Release?
1) Some people could never be released.
2) Criminals were always released.
3) The Receiver could not apply to be released.
The Receiver could not apply to be released.
Who is Katharine?
The 6 with pale eyes.
What was the first memory Jonas gave to Gabriel?
the sailboat
Why was the Giver’s daughter released?
She requested it.
How did the community get rid of racism?
They took away the ability to see color and genetically engineered everyone to be the same race.