Vocabulary
serene
What is a description of someone or something peaceful, tranquil, or calm?
The main protagonist of The Giver.
Who is Jonas?
The family's morning ritual.
What is the telling of dreams?
The Family Unit rule states that all family units consist of these members.
What is a mother, father, and two children, one boy and one girl?
"They acted like... like... 'Animals?' Jonas suggested."
What is a simile?
This is how long the Chief Elder serves in their elected position.
What is a ten-year term?
fret
What is to worry or be visibly anxious about something or someone?
She will be 8 in December, and her comfort object is a stuffed elephant.
Who is Jonas's little sister, Lily?
The evening ritual performed after eating dinner.
What is the telling of feelings?
Three serious infractions can lead to this ultimate consequence.
What is release?
This is why Jonas and Lily's mother didn't want Lily to hope for being assigned to be a Birth Mother.
Because she did not consider being a Birth Mother as an honorable assignment.
aptitude
What is the ability to learn and perform a task or skill?
I work at the Department of Justice and take my job very seriously!
Who is Jona's mother?
The reason why the Ceremony of 12 is the most important ceremony.
What is the giving of Lifelong Assignments?
The rule Lily broke when Gabriel was brought to the family's home for the first time.
What is the rule against pointing out people's differences?
These are the ornaments Lily will be happy to get rid of in a year during the Ceremony of Nine.
What are ribbons in her hair?
chastise
What is to scold, reprimand, and sometimes beat another to force a change in behavior?
Asher
Who is Jona's best friend?
These are the two significant things that take place during the Ceremony of One.
What is a child's "Naming" and Assignment to a family?
Each child must surrender this item during the Ceremony of Eight.
What is their comfort object?
"Ash?" he had called. "Does anything seem strange to you? About the apple?" "Yes," Asher called back, laughing. "It jumps out of my hand onto the ground!"
What is personification?
petulant
What do you call a bad-tempered child or rude, immature, pouty, or whiny teenager/adult?
Roberto
Who is the old man whose release ceremony Larissa described to Jonas while he was volunteering at the House of the Old?
After this ceremony, children are given their first mode of transportation with wheels.
What is the Ceremony of Nine when they're given a bicycle?
These items are prohibited to reduce/eliminate feelings of jealousy and vanity.
What are mirrors?
These are the two words Asher was chastised repeatedly for mixing up when he was three.
What are "snack" and "smack"?