True or False
The first memory jonas receives is of sunshine.
False, it is of sledding .
What is the second memory Jonas receives.
Jonas receives a memory of sunshine.
What emotion does jonas feel during the Christmas memory?
Love
Why does the community eliminate color choices?
To maintain control and sameness.
What choice does jonas make about the pills?
He stops taking them.
The first color Jonas begins to see is red.
True
What happened to snow in jonas’s community?
It no longer exists because of scientists’ climate control.
How do jonas’s parents react when he asks if they love him?
They say “love“ is an old and meaningless word.
What does the giver mean when he says “ they know nothing” ?
He means they live without understanding or memory .
what happens when people can’t make choices for themselves?
They loose their freedom and individuality.
The community still has animals like giraffes and elephants.
False
What painful memory does jonas receive that shows him suffering for the first time?
Breaking his leg while sledding.
How do the emotions differ from those of the other citizens?
His emotions are real and deep while others’s are shallow numb.
How does experiencing painful memories help jonas mature.
It teaches him empathy and the wisdom required to one day become the giver.
How does the memory of war remind jonas of why his community values sameness.
It shows him the consequences of human disagreement.
Jonas gives gabriel all kind of memories to help him sleep.
False, he only gives him happy ones.
What memory makes jonas understand love?
The family celebrating Christmas.
how does love become a form of rebellion for jonas.
By feeling and valuing love and deeper emotions he is disregarding the community rules of sameness.
What do the painful memories reveal about the givers role and character?
He protects other by car all the pain. His role is very important in the community .
what does jonas breaking the rules and sharing memories with gabriel reveal about him.
He is becoming less convinced by the community rules and is somehow willing to break them.
Jonas is ready to become the giver after a short time.
False, he is still training to take on the role.
What memory shows jonas loss and grief?
The elephant dying.
how does jonas‘s understanding of pain change his view happiness?
He learns that to feel happiness you also need to feel pain.
Why does jonas begin to question the rules of his community?
He learns the truth about life before their community and feels emotions others can’t.
How do jonas’s new choices separate him from the communit.
He starts thinking, feeling, and acting independently.