Assignments
The assignment that Lily was first interested in before her mother discouraged her.
What is a birthmother?
Jonas's two closest friends.
Who are Asher and Fiona?
Jonas received his assignment in this ceremony.
What is the Ceremony of Twelve?
This item "changed" when it was thrown in mid-air.
What is the apple?
The first memory Jonas received from The Giver.
What is a sled ride?
Asher's assignment.
What is Assistant Director of Recreation?
At the House of the Old, Larissa and Jonas discussed the release of this older man.
Who is Roberto?
Children receive these at the Ceremony of Eight.
What is a front-buttoned jacket?
The silly nickname that his father sometimes uses for Jonas.
What is Jonas Bonus?
Jonas's first memory of pain. (actual physical pain)
What is sunburn?
The place where Fiona was assigned.
What is The House of the Old?
Who is Fiona?
Children receive their bicycles at this age.
What is 9?
The color Jonas sees first.
What is red?
In this memory, Jonas received a lot of physical and emotional pain for the first time.
What is war?
People with this assignment are tasked with taking care of babies and choosing which babies are fit for the society.
What is a Nurturer?
Jonas's mother suggested that Lily should be assigned this job after she talked a lot about "what-ifs".
What is a Storyteller?
NewChildren are called this way before they are given their name.
What is a number?
Jonas and the Giver have these. No one else in the community has these. (Other than the ability to see color and hear music)
What are feelings and emotions?
This was the first memory that caused Rosemary a lot of emotional pain.
What is the memory of a child taken from her parents?
What is a Speaker?
Who devised equipment for the Rehabilitation Center?
Who is Benjamin?
This "Ceremony" is performed usually on Newchildren who are unfit for this society, those who are in the House of the Old, and those who apply for it themselves.
What is the Ceremony of Release?
What is a Utopia and Dystopia?
The Giver had been holding back a certain memory from Jonas. Instead of "seeing beyond," The Giver was able to do this.
The memory of music. Hearing Beyond.