Plot Details
Q: What age do children receive their Assignments?
Twelve
Q: Who is the main character of the story?
jonas
Q: What kind of place does Jonas live in?
A: A controlled community
Q: What is “Sameness”?
A: A system where everything is the same
Q: What ceremony happens every year?
A: The Ceremony of Twelve
Q: What job is Jonas assigned?
A: Receiver of Memory
Q: Who gives Jonas memories of the past?
the giver
Q: What weather does the community always have?
the same controlled weather
Q: What does “release” mean to the community?
sending someone away
Q: What rule is Jonas allowed to break?
lying
Q: What happens to people who break serious rules?
they are realesed
Q: Who is Jonas’s baby brother?
gabriel
Q: Where does Jonas go for his training?
A: The Giver’s dwelling
Q: What is the Receiver of Memory?
A: A person who holds memories of the past
Q: What does Jonas first see that others cannot?
color
Q: What does Jonas discover “release” really means?
death
Q: Who is Jonas’s best friend?
asher
Q: What is outside the community called?
elsewhere
Q: What are stirrings?
A: Strong feelings or emotions
Q: What memory shows Jonas pain for the first time?
a broken leg
Q: Why does Jonas decide to leave the community?
A: To save Gabriel and bring memories back
Q: Who releases the smaller twin?
A: Jonas’s father
Q: Why doesn’t the community have color?
A: To keep everything the same and controlled
Q: What is the real purpose of memories?
A: To help people understand pain and joy
Q: How does the story end?
Q: How does the story end?