The Community
What being released truly means
What is being killed?
Family structures
What is two parents, one son, and one daughter?
Jonas's official assignment title
What is the Receiver of Memory?
What is color?
What happened to Rosemary
She could not handle the responsibilities of being the Receiver and applied for release
The name for anywhere outside of the community
What is Elsewhere?
The rule that the community members almost never follow
What is no riding bikes before the Ceremony of Nine?
Individuals who take care of babies during their first year of life (before the ceremony of one)
What are Nurturers?
The first memory that the Giver transmits to Jonas
What is the memory of snow?
The purpose of Sameness
What is protecting community members from the stress, pressure, and pain of decision making?
What happens to older adults
They live at the House of the Old until it is their time to be released.
A rule that was very important to Jonas before his Ceremony of Twelve
What is precision of language?
Birthmothers' roles
What is to give birth to 3 babies and then become a Laborer?
The Giver's favorite memory
Where Jonas and Gabriel make it at the end of the book
What is Elsewhere?
What Ones, Eights, Nines, and Twelves receive at their ceremonies
Ones: names and a family
Eights: Jackets that button in the front
Nines: Bikes
Twelves: Assignments
The family rituals at breakfast and dinner
What is dream-telling and sharing feelings?
Asher's and Fiona's assignments
What is the Assistant Director of Recreation and Caretaker of the Old?
The memory that Jonas uses to lull Gabriel to sleep
What is the memory of being on a sailboat on a lake?
Why Jonas decides to leave the community earlier than planned
Gabriel was set to be released the next day
Components of Sameness (list at least 3)
Climate control, no color vision, no emotions, no 'Stirrings', same 'birthdays' for all children, no pain, no money, etc
The rules Jonas is given after receiving his assignment (list at least 3)
Jonas may be rude, he can lie, he cannot apply for any medication because of his training, he cannot participate in dream-telling, he cannot discuss his training with anyone, and he cannot apply for release.
The Receiver's actual role in the community
What is to hold the community's memories, to advise the Council of Elders, and to pass memories to the next Receiver?
Painful memories that the Giver transmits to Jonas (list at least 2)
War, breaking a leg, sunburn, starvation
The original plan for Jonas's escape
The Giver would transmit memories of strength and courage to Jonas and would store food for him. During the Ceremonies, Jonas would leave the community. The Giver would stay behind to help the community deal with the released memories.