Characters
What is the name of Jonas’s younger sister?
Lily
At what age do children receive their Assignments?
Twelve
What frightening object flies over the Community at the beginning of the novel?
An airplane
Children do not choose their future careers. Who chooses for them?
The Committee of Elders
I am the baby Jonas’s father brings home because I am having trouble developing normally. Who am I?
Gabriel
Who is Jonas’s best friend and is known for sometimes mixing up words?
Asher
How many children are normally allowed in each family unit?
Two — one male and one female.
What object does Jonas notice mysteriously “change” while playing with Asher?
An apple
What practice prevents people from experiencing dreams.
Taking pills for the Stirrings
I am the annual event when children move into the next stage of life. What am I?
The December Ceremony
Who is Jonas’s friend who is assigned to be Caretaker of the Old?
Fiona
What must people do each morning after they begin experiencing Stirrings?
Take a pill.
What dream does Jonas tell his family that reveals he has begun experiencing Stirrings?
He dreams about washing Fiona in the bathtub.
What does The Community do to keep children in line?
They smack them with a wand; They have rules for each age; They threaten to release them.
I am the feeling Jonas begins experiencing after dreaming about Fiona. What am I?
The Stirrings
What Assignment does Jonas’s father have in the Community?
Nurturer
Why does the Community emphasize “precision of language”?
People are expected to use words carefully and accurately.
What happens when it is Jonas’s turn to receive his Assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve?
His number is skipped.
What happens to people who seriously break the Community’s rules or reach certain circumstances in life?
They may be released.
I am the Assignment Jonas is selected for, and only one person in the Community holds this position at a time. What am I?
Receiver of Memory
What Assignment was Jonas given during the Ceremony of Twelves?
The Receiver of Memory
Who decides which Assignment each Twelve receives?
The Committee of Elders
Why was Jonas skipped instead of immediately receiving an Assignment?
He had been selected as the new Receiver of Memory.
What disturbing permission in Jonas’s new rules makes him question whether other people have always been truthful with him?
He is permitted to lie.
I am one of the qualities the Chief Elder says Jonas possesses. I means being able to continue even when something is difficult or painful. What am I?
Courage