Show:
Who are these folks?
The Rules!
The Assignments
Memories
Vocabulary
100
What is the main character’s name?
Jonas
100
How many children could each family have?
2: one girl and one boy
100
Why did Jonas get so upset during the Ceremony of 12?
Because he was skipped
100
What did Jonas have to do so the Giver could transmit the first memory to Jonas?
Take his tunic off, lay face down on the couch
100
Vocabulary word that means to be absorbed; to become like.
Assimilated
200
What was his best friend’s name?
Asher
200
Fours, fives, and sixes had to wear jackets that were buttoned down their backs. What was that to teach them?
To depend on each other
200
What assignment was Jonas selected for?
Receiver of Memory
200
What happens to the memory once the Giver gives it away to Jonas?
The Giver no longer has the memory
200
Vocabulary word that means fading; going away.
Fleeting
300
What was Jonas’s father’s job?
A nurturer: responsible for all the physical and emotional needs for every newchild
300
Sevens wore a jacket that was buttoned down the front. What did that represent?
Independence
300
Who will train Jonas?
the current Receiver of Memory or The Giver
300
What two memories had the same thing, but one brought pain and one brought pleasure?
Sunshine (sunny day or sunburn) Snow (exciting slide down the hill or broken leg)
300
Vocabulary word that means to increase; to supplement.
Augment
400
People receive their babies at what ceremony?
The Ones
400
What rule was broken by a visiting 6 that made Lily so upset on the playground?
He budged in line.
400
Why was Jonas filled with fear when he received his asianment?
He did not know what this new role would bring or what it meant.
400
To help Jonas understand the concept of color, the Giver wants to give him the memory of what?
A rainbow
400
Vocabulary word that means no longer in use or useful.
Obsolete
500
What was Jonas’s sister’s name?
Lily
500
If you wanted to leave the community, where would you go and what would happen to you?
to Elsewhere, to be released
500
What was Jonas' father's job?
Nrturer
500
Why was it important that the Receiver keep all the memories?
So that the citizens wouldn’t have to bear the pain
500
Vocabulary word that means to suffer or to cause someone else to suffer.
Anguish