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The Giver
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What gift do Nine's get? | Bicycles |
| In this community, what does a family unit consist of? | One father, one mother, one female child, one male child |
| What is the Capacity to See Beyond? | Ability to use senses that used to be present |
| What is the first painful memory Jonas receives? | A sunburn memory |
| Why does the Giver have to stay in the community even though Jonas leaves? | The Giver stays because he wants to stay with his daughter after he finishes his work as a giver. |
| Why does Jonas interrupt his friends' game of good guys and bad guys? | Jonas does this action because he had experienced overwhelming sadness of war. |
| As Jonas approaches Elsewhere, what does he hear in the distance? | Jonas hears music (and sees lights and colors) |
| What Assignment is considered low and not honorable? | Birthmother |
| What is the Giver's favorite memory? | Family - Grandparents, parents, and young children - opening Christmas gifts |
| Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas's community? | Riding a bicycle before they turn nine years old |
| Why is Gabriel in danger of being released? | He is not growing fast enough and cannot sleep through the night |
| How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel? | He uses the memory of snow and coldness to make himself and Gabriel seem cold. |
| How does the meaning of the word release change during the course of the story? | It changes from going to Elsewhere to actual death from a shot. |
| What does ambiguous mean? | Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning |
| What does apprehensive mean? | Fearful; uneasy about the future |
| What does distracted mean? | Having attention diverted |
| What does distraught mean? | Troubled with doubt; crazed; anxious |
| What does dystopia mean? | An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad |
| What does integrity mean? | The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness |
| What does nurture mean? | Upbringing, nourish, take care of and encourage |
| What does utopia mean? | An imagined place in which everything is perfect; not a place |
| Describe Jonas. | Had light eyes, had the capacity to see beyond, had feelings |
| Describe The Giver. | Had light eyes, wise, part of Committee of Elders |
| Describe Lily. | Had dark eyes, seven, well-informed |
| Asher | Dark eyes, speaks very fast, Assistant Director of Recreation |
| Gabriel | Light eyes, newborn, about to be released |
| Roberto | Released, male, happy before being released |
| Jonas's Father | Dark eyes, Nurturer, released newborn |
| Caleb (Gone) | Drowned in river |
| Caleb (replacement) | Replacement for Caleb (gone) |
| Apple Symbol | Life |
| Red symbol | Vital word of feelings and ideas |
| Sled symbol | Journey and discoveries by Jonas |
| Pale eyes symbol | Ability to receive memories |
| Precision of Language symbol | Avoid conflict, misunderstood, and potential violence |