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How many children are born in Jonas community each year?
50.
How old is Jonas?
11-12.
Where does Jonas volunteer?
The house of old.
What's the main characters name?
Jonas.
Why is it considered okay for Jonas to see Larissa naked?
She’s old.
Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
The position holds very little honor in the society.
Where does the story take place?
In an imaginary world.
In the first chapter why is the pilot released from the community?
He misread his navigational instructions and frightened the community.
Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
Children must not ride bicycles until they are nine.
In the bathing room Larissa tells Jonas about attending the pre-release ceremony for an old man named.
Roberto.
At the start of the book, what word does Jonas use to describe his feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve?
Apprehensive.
What is Jonas's sisters name?
Lily.
What does Jonas's mother do for living?
She works for the department of justice.
After Gabe comes to live with the family, what job does seven-year-old Lily say she’d like to have?
Birthmother.
In exchange for taking care of Gabriel all members of Jonas family have to sign a statement promising not to.
Get attached.
The first time we see Jonas family performing the Telling of Feelings what feeling does his sister Lily talk about?
Anger.
Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?
Asher does not seem to have any serious interests.
Why does Jonas decide that apprehensive is a better word for his feeling than frightened?
He thinks it expresses more precisely how he feels.
What food item did Jonas once take home from school because it seemed to change as he looked at it?
An Apple.
What is the name of the replacement child given to a family whose son was lost in the river?
Caleb.
What do older siblings do for younger siblings even though it’s technically against the rules?
Give bike-riding lessons.
How is official news disseminated to the members of Jonas community?
Loudspeakers.
Why does the apple change when Jonas plays catch with it?
Jonas's ability to see beyond the community's sameness technology and notice the true colour of the world around him.
When Jonas goes to volunteer at the House of the Old, whose bike does he see parked outside?
Asher.
Why does Jonas have to take pills?
To distract his brain from the sexual desire during puberty.