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In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community
Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests
Where did the Giver get his wisdom?
From memories transmitted by the previous Receiver
Why is Lily skeptical of Jonas’s story about the elephants?
Lily has been raised to think that elephants are imaginary creatures
Why does Jonas interrupt his friends’ game of good guys and bad guys?
He recognizes that their game takes a casual attitude toward tragedy
Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels
Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
He is not growing fast enough and cannot sleep through the night
what was written on Jonas’s Assignment sheet?
You are not permitted to apply for a spouse
What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen ten years ago?
Rosemary
Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
It is inconvenient to have identical people walking around
What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?
She works for the department of justice
What do the numbers assigned to each child signify?
The order of their birth
What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
He places his hands on Jonas’s bare back and gives him memories
Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
If Jonas left the community, all the memories he had accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos
Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
He finds out that Gabriel will be released the next morning and wants to save his life
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine
Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve?
She has caused them anxiety about Jonas’s Assignment
What are Stirrings?
The beginnings of sexual desire
How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
He transmits memories of peaceful sails on a lake
How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
He transmits memories of cold so that the heat- seeking planes cannot locate them
Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
The position holds very little honor in the society
How does the community react to the death of a child in the river?
They chant the child’s name over and over, each time more and more softly
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
A ride on a sled through falling snow
Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
They think love is an obsolete word with no meaning
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
Colored lights in the windows of houses