Characters
Characters
Plot
Plot
Plot
100
Jonas is assigned

To be Receiver-in-Training 

100

Fiona is assigned 

Caretaker of the Old

100

At dinner each evening families must do 

Tell their feelings
100

What new privilege do Eights earn?

performing volunteer hours

100

How is Jonas supposed to address his mentor?

The Giver

200

Father works as

A Nurturer 

200

Gabriel struggles to 

Sleep well at night

200

Why do you get released? 

Infant not developing, they are elderly, it is punishment. 

200

Before they are one year old, all new children

are identified by a number

200

What is the first memory Jonas receives?

sledding downhill

300

Mother works in 

The Department of Justice 

300

The Giver holds

The Community's memories 

300

What happens each December?

All children become a year older.

300

Who decides each Twelve’s Assignment?

the Elders

300

What is the first color can Jonas see?

red

400

Lily is

Jonas's younger sister

400

Rosemary is

The previous Receiver-in-Training

400

What does a Birthmother do?

gives birth three times, then performs hard labor the rest of her life

400

To select a Receiver-in-Training

the Elders meticulously observe the students

400

Which of the following best describes Jonas’s transmission of memory to Gabriel?

Jonas gives Gabriel a soothing memory to help him sleep.

500

Asher is assigned

Assistant Director of Recreation

500

Larissa lives

At The House of the Old

500

What do people in the community NOT have? 

cars

500

What happened to the previous Receiver-in-Training?

Her name was designated Not-to-Be-Spoken.

500

The Giver’s favorite memory is of

a family at Christmas