Ceremonies/rituals
Jobs
Characters
Setting
Misc
100

What is the evening ritual called? 

What is feeling sharing? 

100

What job requires workers to look after the new children until the Ceremony of Ones? 

What are nurturers? 

100

Who is selected to be the Receiver? 

Who is Jonas? 

100

What place do older members of the community live in? 

What is the House of Old? 

100

What is it called when children start to feel strong emotions or desire? 

What are the stirrings? 

200

What ceremony marks the transition to adulthood, where children receive their jobs/assignments? 

What is the Ceremony of 12?

200

What job requires receiving memories?  

What is the Reciever of Memory? 

200

Who is the uncertain new child that Jonas's family cares for?  

Who is Gabriel? 

200

What quality does the community consider to be very important? 

What is Sameness? 

200

What are small stuffed animals given to children called? 

What are comfort objects? 

300

Following this ceremony, children begin volunteering at various community jobs. 

What is the Ceremony of 8? 

300

Who is the leader of the community? 

Who is the Chief Elder? 

300

Who is assigned as Caretaker for the Old after doing many volunteer hours in the House of Old? 

Who is Fiona? 

300

What type of society does Jonas live in? 

What is a dystopian society? 

300

What is a rare trait in this community?  

What are blue eyes? 

400

What ceremony is held when a community member’s death is acknowledged, and the community expresses their grief by chanting the name of the lost individual in a mournful repetitive manner until it fades?

What is the Ceremony of Loss?

400

What job does Jonas's mother consider to be a job with little honor? 

What is Birthmother? 

400

Who was the male 4 who drowned in the river? 

Who is Caleb? 

400

Where does a person go when they leave the community? 

What is Elsewhere? 

400

What is Jonas now permitted to do?

What is lying? 

500

What ceremony in The Giver refers to a practice in which a new child is assigned to a family after a previous child has been released or has died.

Hint: This is the first time this name will be spoken since the loss. 

What is the Ceremony of Replacement? 

500

What job is implied to be a lesser job assigned to those who care for children during night? 

What are Nighttime nurturers? 

500

What two characters have the ability to "see beyond" 

Who are the Giver and Jonas? 

500

What is located in the Annex behind the House of Old? 

What is the Giver's residence? 

500

What is rule 7 for Jonas? 

What is, you are not permitted to apply for release?