Characters
What is the name of the main character?
Jonas
What is the name of the event where children are assigned their jobs?
The Ceremony of Twelve
What title is Jonas told to call the old Receiver of Memory?
The Giver
What is the very first memory that Jonas receives?
Sledding down a snowy hill
What is physically different about Jonas?
His eye color (pale eyes)
What is the name of the baby that is staying with Jonas's family?
Gabe/Gabriel
What happens at the Ceremony of One?
Children are assigned to their families.
What is the first color that Jonas starts to see?
Red
What is the first painful memory Jonas receives?
Sunburn
What three people in the Community have pale colored eyes?
Jonas, Gabe, the Giver
What is the name of Jonas's best friend?
Asher
What is the name of the GROUP of people that is in charge of the Community?
The Committee of Elders (the Committee or the Elders)
When the Giver transmits a memory to Jonas, what happens?
He loses the memory.
What kind of animal was being hunted in the memory Jonas receives?
Elephant
What does Jonas steal from the Recreation Center?
An apple
What is the name of the girl that Jonas has a crush on?
Fiona
What three books has Jonas seen in his life before starting his job as the Receiver?
1. Dictionary
2. Book of Rules
3. Community volume (directory)
What does the Receiver of Memory do?
Hold all the memories of the past.
What special ability does Jonas need to see the memories?
The ability/capacity to See Beyond
Why did the Community take away people's ability to make their own choices?
They make the wrong choice.
What is Jonas's little sister's name?
Lily
Why did the Community get rid of snow? TWO things
It made transportation and growing food harder.
Where does the Receiver of Memory live and work?
The Annex
What TWO people does Jonas try to transmit memories to?
Asher and Lily
What characteristic of dystopia means everyone has to be the same?
Conformity