Each Twelve is given this at the annual assembly that occurs in December.
What is an assignment?
100
Asher is reprimanded as a Three for not being able to say this word correctly.
What is a snack?
100
This is used against new children and the elderly when they do something wrong.
What is a discipline wand?
100
This is how you spell my name.
What is S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R
200
This is the sister of the novel's main character.
Who is Lily?
200
Lily can’t wait until next year, when she becomes a Nine because she will finally receive this item.
What is a bicycle?
200
Jonas’ mother tells Jonas he is beginning to have these after he repeats the dream he had about the bathing room in the House of the Old.
What are the stirrings?
200
This describes the doomed society in the Giver, which is full of dark and secretive overtones. The very definition of a fallen paradise-like society.
What is a dystopian society?
200
This hip-hop singer received six Grammy nominations for his album, "Channel Orange"
Who is Frank Ocean?
300
This is the best friend of the novel's main character.
Who is Asher?
300
Parents will be fixing and touching up this ceremonial event in the "privacy of their own homes" for their Tens
What is an adult haircut?
300
This is how Jonas feels when he is skipped over during the assembly.
What is scared/nervous?
300
This is a trait shared by Jonas, the Giver, and Gabriel
What are pale eyes?
300
These are listed, sometimes in italics, beneath headings in a text, and given even more specific information about a topic.
What is a subheading?
400
This is the new child brought home to live with Jonas and Lily.
Who is Gabriel?
400
This assignment holds very little honor in the community.
What is a birthmother?
400
This is how the Giver transmits memories of the past to Jonas.
What is placing his hands on his back?
400
The community eliminated different climates, skin tone, color, and hills when they adopted this policy.
What is sameness?
400
These are five professional sports teams whose names do not end in an "S". TIME LIMIT!
Who are the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox, the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic, and the Utah Jazz?
500
This is the Giver's original title.
Who is the Receiver of Memory?
500
This assignment was previously handed out ten years prior to when the book takes place, but was not successful and is a source of great anguish for the community.
What is the Receiver of Memory?
500
Jonas brings an apple home from recreation hours and is startled by his friend Fiona's hair because he is beginning to see this color.
What is the color red?
500
Lois Lowry uses this text tool in describing the process of being “released” in The Giver. Authors use this tool to lead readers to believe something about their writing.
What is allusion?
500
This is where you go to find page numbers for different sections and chapter titles in a book.