Characters
Who is the main character of The Giver?
Jonas
What is the special ceremony where children get their Assignments?
Ceremony of Twelve
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
Sliding down a hill on a sled in the snow
What is Jonas’s first rule in his Assignment?
Go immediately to the Annex after school
What does Jonas start seeing that others can’t at first?
Color (like the apple turning red)
What is the name of Jonas’s little sister?
Lily
What happens to a person when they are “released”?
They are killed with a lethal injection
What painful memory does Jonas first experience?
Sunburn
) What rule shocks Jonas the most when he reads his Assignment instructions?
He may lie
Why does Jonas share memories with Gabriel?
To help Gabriel sleep
Who is Jonas’s best friend?
Asher
What object is used to tell time and schedules in the community?
A loudspeaker
What happy memory shows Jonas what love feels like?
Family celebrating Christmas
What daily pill must citizens take to control “stirrings”?
A pill to stop emotions/feelings
Why does Jonas stop playing games with Asher?
The war game upsets him after seeing real war memories
Who is the baby that Jonas’s family takes care of at night?
Gabriel
What is taken away from the community to keep people from making choices?
Color
What war memory does Jonas receive that deeply upsets him?
A memory of soldiers, pain, and death
Why are identical twins not allowed to both live in the community?
One is always released
Why does Jonas decide to leave the community early?
To save Gabriel from being released
Who is the Receiver of Memory before Jonas?
The Giver
What is one rule that Jonas breaks at the end of the story?
Leaving the community without permission
What happens to the memories if the Receiver dies or leaves?
They are released back to the community
Why does the community use “precision of language”?
To prevent strong or wrong emotions
At the end of the book, what does Jonas hear or think he hears as he sleds down the hill?
Music (singing/joy)