Important Events
What event marks the beginning of Jonas's training as the Receiver of Memories?
What is the Ceremony of Twelve?
Who is the protagonist of "The Giver," chosen to be the Receiver of Memories in the Community?
What is the tone of the Giver?
What is somber, contemplative, and gradually evolving towards hopeful?
What theme does this quote relate to: "The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared."
What is the theme of memory and/or emotion?
Who is the Receiver of Memory and what role does this character play in Jonas's society?
Who is The Giver?
What term describes the physiological changes Jonas experiences, prompting him to take medication to suppress them?
What is the Stirrings?
What is the occupation of Jonas's father in the Community
What is the job of Nurturer?
What literary technique is employed in "The Giver" to hint at future events or developments, such as Jonas's unusual perception of the color red?
What is foreshadowing?
What theme does this quote represent: "The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past."
What is Sameness?
How many children are family units allowed?
What is 2?
What event occurs in the Community to commemorate the loss of individuals who do not meet expectations?
What is the name of Jonas's friend and fellow Eleven, who later becomes a Caretaker of the Old?
What type of point of view is the Giver told from?
What is limited third-person point of view?
What does this quote represent: "But the Receiver of Memory said that when he was a little boy, and they had bicycles, people often fell off. They hadn't thought to give the riders safety rules. It was the same with snow. They hadn't thought to prepare properly."
What is Loss of Innocence?
How old is Jonas in the beginning of The Giver?
What is twelve?
In the climax of the novel, what mode of transportation do Jonas and Gabriel use to journey beyond the Community's borders?
What is the bicycle?
What is the name of the previous Receiver-in-Training who failed to bear the weight of the memories and requested release?
Who is Rosemary?
What is the setting?
What theme does this quote represent: "The freedom to choose is something that not many people have in the community... It's always been this way."
What color does Jonas first see?
What is the color red?
What symbolic image does Jonas perceive in his mind as he and Gabriel journey through the snow toward a new life?
Name of the elderly woman residing in the House of the Old who befriends Jonas and shares memories of her own experiences.
Who is Larissa?
Name one example of symbolism in The Giver.
What is the apple, the color red, the sled, the giver's room, the act of "release", Gabriel, the community uniforms, the river, the elsewhere boundary, or the ceremony of twelve?
What theme does this quote represent; "For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure."
What is the theme of death?
What aspects of Jonas's community could be considered utopian, and what aspects are dystopian?
What is utopian elements include the absence of poverty and violence, while dystopian elements include the lack of individual freedom and suppression of emotions?