Characters
Receiver of Memory.
Who is Jonas?
Cares for newborns.
What is a Nurturer?
Jonas's first memory he receives. He is in a sled.
What is snow?
This is how majority of the people commute.
What is a bicycle?
The power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
What is buoyancy?
The newchild's name.
Who is Gabriel?
"Lily!" Mother spoke very sharply. "Don't say that. There's very little honor in that Assignment."
What is a Birthmother?
"From the distance, Jonas could hear the thud of cannons. Overwhelmed by pain, he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours, listened to the men and animals die..."
What is war?
The Giver's walls are filled with these objects.
What are books?
To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate.
What is assuage?
Jonas's best friend.
Who is Asher?
Cares for the Old. This is Fiona's Assignment.
What is Caretaker of the Old?
Jonas transmits this memory to keep Gabriel from shivering.
What is warmth?
Lily's comfort object.
What is an elephant?
To discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
What is chastise?
Jonas's female friend.
Who is Fiona?
In charge of recreation. This is Asher's assignment.
What is Assistant Director of Recreation?
Jonas's skin began to sting.
What is sunburn?
Gabriel's comfort object.
What is a hippo?
Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen.
What is apprehensive?
The leader of the community who also talks at the ceremony.
Who is Chief Elder?
Mother held a prominent position here.
What is the Department of Justice?
Jonas transmits the most soothing memory to Gabriel.
What is a hammock?
Jonas's father inserts this object into the newchild's forehead.
What is a syringe?
Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow.
What is languid?