Chapters 1-3
The ceremony where the community controls your emotions by having you share your thoughts every night.
What is The Evening of Sharing Feelings?
The ritual each family unit must take part in during the Morning
What is The Morning of Dream Telling?
What is snow?
This character is sensitive and gentle; is given the Assignment of Caretaker of the Old
Who is Fiona?
Euphemism for job/career
What is an Assignment?
The assignment Jonas was selected for during The Ceremony of Twelve.
What is The Receiver of Memory?
The number of children that are assigned to each family unit
What is 2?
The place where Jonas finds Fiona and Asher completing their Volunteer Hours.
What is The House of Old?
What is a sunburn?
This character easily mixes up "smacks" and "snacks"; is assigned Assistant Director of Recreation
Who is Asher?
Euphemism for puberty
The way each group in the community is organized for the December Ceremonies.
What is by Number?
The PHYSICAL similarity that Gabriel and Jonas have
What are their light colored eyes?
The cure for Jonas's Stirrings. Everyone in the community must use this cure.
What are emotion suppressing pills?
How the Giver gained his wisdom
What is through memories?
This character sleeps poorly at night and has not gained the appropriate amount of weight
Who is Gabriel?
Euphemism for infants
What are new children?
The object given to all 9s during the Ceremony of Nine.
What are bikes?
The first person that was released in the novel. Jonas remembers them through a memory in Chapter One.
Who is the new pilot?
The people who assign the jobs to the Twelves.
Who are the Committee of Elders?
The rule that baffles Jonas when he receives his assignment instructions.
What is his new ability to lie?
This character holds all of the Community's memories and transmits them to the new Reciever of Memory
Euphemism for leaving the community
What is Release?
The items/ things bestowed to the 1s during the Ceremony of One
Names and Family Units
What is color?
The rule that is constantly broken but never talked about.
What is older siblings teaching the younger siblings to ride bikes?
The main difference between Jonas's Dwelling and The Giver's House
What are the different books permitted?
This character falls into the river and is "replaced" during a special ceremony / ritual
Who is Caleb?
Euphemism for life outside of the Community
What is Elsewhere?
The age you are when you have to begin working volunteer hours?
What is 8?
The reason why Jonas's mother discourages Lily from becoming a Birthmother.
What is because they become laborers after 3 births?
The reason the Chief Elder apologizes to the audience during the Ceremony of Twelve.
The reason why the leaders of the Community choose to get rid of snow.
This character describes Roberto's release ceremony as "wonderful", Jonas gives her a bath at the House of Old
Who is Larissa?
A word / phrase that is used instead of another word / phrase that is considered too harsh, unpleasant, or uncomfortable
The TWO ages where you receive new clothing to symbolize maturity.
What are 7's and 11's?