Plot Details
What happens during the Ceremony of Twelve?
The children receive their assigned jobs (Assignments) for adulthood.
Who is selected as the Receiver of Memory?
Jonas
Where does Jonas live?
In a controlled community with strict rules.
What does “Sameness” mean in The Giver?
A system that removes differences to create equality.
Who says, “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual.”?
Jonas.
What rule does Jonas break when he begins to receive memories?
He breaks the rule about lying and the rule about being alone with an adult.
Who is the current Receiver of Memory before Jonas?
The Giver
What type of climate does the community have?
A climate that is carefully controlled with no snow or extreme weather.
What does the word “release” actually mean in the community?
Death
Who says, “Memories are forever.”?
The Giver
He breaks the rule about lying and the rule about being alone with an adult.
Because he realizes it is preventing him from feeling emotions.
Who is Jonas’s baby sibling?
Gabriel.
Why doesn’t the community have colors?
Because Sameness removed color to keep people from making choices.
What is a “newchild”?
A baby born in the community.
Who says, “When people had the freedom to choose, they chose wrong.”?
The Giver.
Why does Jonas decide to leave the community?
To save Gabriel from being released and to bring memories back to the community.
Who is the previous Receiver-in-training before Jonas?
Rosemary
What is special about the Receiver’s dwelling?
It contains books and memories forbidden to others.
What does “precision of language” refer to?
Using exact words to avoid strong emotions or misunderstandings.
Who says, “I feel sorry for anyone who is confused.”?
Jonas.
What happens when Jonas crosses the boundary of the community?
The memories return to the people in the community.
Who performs the job of releasing newchildren?
Jonas’s father.
What lies beyond the community’s boundary?
A world with memories, emotions, and real experiences.
What does “Elsewhere” most likely represent?
The real world outside the community.
Who says, “It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it?”?
The Giver.