| A pilot in training that made an error | What was the unidentified aircraft at the beginning of the story |
| They released him | What did they do with the pilot |
| Jonas | What was the main characters name |
| Science fiction or fantasy | What was the genre of the novel |
| Asher | The main characters best friend |
| December | What month did the story begin |
| The telling of feelings | What was the ritual Jonas’s family did at the end of their evening meal |
| A nurturer for newborns | What was John’s his father’s job |
| One girl and one boy | How many children could each family have |
| The ceremony of 12 | What was jonas apprehensive about |
| Ones | People received their babies at what ceremony |
| Gabriel | What was the name of the baby the father was so concerned about |
| Lily | Jonas’s sister |
| Nine | How old you have to be to get your first bike |
| Older brothers and sisters secretly talk to younger ones to ride a bike | What rule is almost always broken by the community and wasn’t taken seriously |
| The receiver or committee of elders | What was the most important job in the community |
| People were given their life assignment | Why was the ceremony of 12 is the most important ceremony |
| No recreation time and everyone was being trained | How did their lives change after the ceremony of 12’s |
| Elephant | Lillys comfort object |
| Bear | Jonas is comfort object |
| He had pill I’d like Jonas most citizens had our guys | What was so different about the new child |
| Hippo | What was the new Childs comfort object |
| Three years | How many years could you serve as a birthmother |
| Became labors | What did you do after being a birthmother |
| An Apple | What had Jonas taken from the recreation area |
| It changed indescribably | What was it about the Apple that concern Jonas |
| Tossing it back-and-forth | What were Jonas and Asher doing to the Apple |
| His father was concerned and didn’t want the possibility of him being released | Why was the new child staying with Jonas’s family |
| He worked at the rehabilitation center | What did Benjamin do for his volunteer hours |
| She worked at the childcare center | What did Lily do for her volunteer hours |
| The house of the old | Where did Asher and Fiona do volunteer work |
| Bathe old people | What did you want us to do at the house of the old |
| The release of patients | What’s celebrations they have at the house of the old |
| Make toasts cheers chanting abandoned them and speeches | What do they do at celebrations |
| No one knows | Where do they go when one has been released |
| Happy | How did Roberto look when he walked through the door of the releasing room |
| Telling of dreams | What was the morning ritual for Jonas’s family |
| He wanted to bathe Fiona | What dream did Jonas tell his family he had |
| His first feelings of stirrings | The mother had an explanation for the dream what was it |
| To take pills | What was the treatment |
| Anyone who has stirrings | Who have to take these pills |
| Until they enter the house of the old | How long does one have to take these pills |
| She was proud to have joined the people who were taking them already | How did Jonas feel about taking the pills |
| He found them pleasurable and wished he could feel them again | How did Jonas feel about the stirrings |
| Eights | Received pockets on their jackets and volunteer hours |
| Nines | Learn how to ride bikes |
| Tens | Got their haircuts |
| Elevens | girls received undergarments and boys received trousers and calculators |
| Twelves | Receive their life assignment |
| Ones | Receive their name and their family |
| Threes | Precision of language and dream telling |
| Fours | A jacket with buttons in the back |
| Sevens | A jacket with buttons in the front |
| He had fallen in the river and died | Why was a replacement child given for the four-year-old Caleb |
| To elsewhere or be released | If you wanted to leave the community where would you go |
| Spouses were matched after being monitored by the committee of elders | How did people get a spouse |
| 11-19 | What was Jonas’s number |
| Twelve | At what age does your age no longer matter |
| He kept confusing the word to smack instead of snack | Why did Asher get smacked a lot when he was a three-year-old |
| His turn was skipped | Why did Jonas get so upset during the ceremony of 12 |
| Assistant director of recreation | What was Ashers assignment |
| He did something wrong | What reason did Jonas think his turn was skipped |
| Try to make himself smaller in the seat he felt embarrassed | What was Jonas’s reaction to being skipped |
| Selected | Jonas have not actually been assigned but he was_______ |
| Receiver of memory | What was Jonas to be selected for |
| The current receiver of memory | Who will train jonas |
| Yes | Are the characters for us Reciever of memory intelligence integrity encourage wisdom and the capacity to see beyond |
| Unsure and confused at first but agreed that he had the qualities | How did Jonas respond to him being called all of those qualities |
| Something changed | When he looked out at the audience what happened |
| They chanted his name louder and louder | How did the audience respond when Jonas was standing on the stage |
| He didn’t know what his new role would bring and what it meant | Why was he filled with fear |
| People started treating him differently | Why did things seem so tense after the ceremony |
| The most important job of the community | What kind of job did Jonas get |
| She failed and disappeared | What happened to the girl that was supposed to be trained receiver of memory |
| One sheet with 8 instructions | What was in Jonas is instruction folder |
| None | How much recreation time was jonas allowed |
| You may lie | What was the final rule on the sheet of instructions |
| Only if it was not related to training | Was he allowed medication |
| Everyone might be lying | What realization struck him |
| The nameplates said citizen in training | What was different about the bikes after the 12 ceremony |
| So no one disturbed him | Why was the receiver of memories door locked |
| It wasn’t standardize like the communities furniture | How was the furniture different in the office |
| In the community the only books they have our dictionaries maps and rulebooks | Why was Jonah so surprised to see all of the books |
| Memories of the whole world | What memories did the receiver what Jonas to have |
| Going down a hill on a sled in deep snow | What analogy did the receiver compare his life to |
| Take his tunic off and lay facedown on the couch | What did Jonas have to do to get his first memory |
| Snow | What memory did the receiver give to Dennis |
| Snow | For the first time jonas experiences the feel of |
| Sled | He felt himself sitting on a |
| Hill | He was on top of the mound or |
| The giver no longer has the memory | What happens to the memory wants to give her gives it away to Jonas |
| Climate control | Why was there no longer snow |
| It was more practical and convenient | Why did the leaders go to sameness |
| Sunshine | The second memory was warm and comforting what was it |
| Sunburn | What was the last memory given to Jonas in this chapter |
| Riding down a hill on a sled | What dream did jonas continue having |
| He couldn’t talk about his day | Why did Jonas feel uncomfortable listening to all the 12s about their day |
| Things change for an instant | What weird things keep happening to Jonas |
| The color red | The giver told him that Jonus was experiencing______ |
| The people made the choice to go to sameness | Why did colors disappear in their society |
| A Rainbow | To help Jonas understand the concept of color the giver wants him to have a memory of |
| Yes | Does Fiona like her new job |
| Fiona’s hair the Apple the books and the sled | What red things has Jonas seen so far |
| There were no choices | Why was the community without color |
| They might make a mistake | Why couldn’t the community have choices |
| Red | Jonas tried to get Asher to see the color____ |
| An elephant killed and the baby elephant crying for its mom | What horrible memory did they give her gift to Joanis this time |
| He couldn’t really share his life with her | Why would it be difficult for Jonas to have a spouse |
| The receiver failed and the memories were released into the community | What happened 10 years ago |
| So that citizens wouldn’t have to bear the pain | Why was it important that the receiver keep all the memories |
| To lighten the receivers load because he was in so much pain | Jonas told the receiver to start giving him some painful memories why |
| He experienced pain with a broken leg the second time | How was the second snow experience different from the first |
| No | Was Jonas given medication for the pain |
| Color filled memory of pleasure | Every day Jonus was given a memory of pain but ended it with a______ |
| For wisdom | Why does the receiver have to hold all the painful memories |
| Because of the memory of hunger | Why didn’t the owners decide to allow birthmothers to have four babies instead of three |
| He was crying at night | What was Gabriel’s main problem |
| The smaller one is released | What do they do when a birth mother had twins |
| He gave him a memory of sailing | How did Jonas calm down Gabriel |
| He was suffering from so much pain | What was wrong with the giver |
| War | What was the memory ofbthe givers pain |
| A birthday and horseback riding | What were some of the good memories given to Jonas |
| Christmas and family | What was the givers favorite memory that was given away |
| Love | What new feeling to Jonas experience |
| Order would fall apart | Why did Jonas feel that love would be risky |
| Gabe cried | What happen when Gabriel is taking away from jonas |
| He threw his pill away | What did Jonas is do at the end |
| The stirrings of came back | What has happened to Jonah since he stopped taking the pills |
| Play and ride his bike | What did Jonas want to do on his unexpected holiday |
| War | What were his friends playing |
| Jonus was upset that he couldn’t play and the others left | What happened with the wargame |
| He would weigh them and keep the heavier one and release the other one | What would the father due the next day when the identical twins were born |
| He cleans them up and get him comfy waves by by | How does the father describe the release |
| Storytelling | What job did mother think would fit Lily |
| Rosemary | What was the last receivers name |
| She couldn’t bear the pain of the memories | What was the cause of rosemarys failure |
| She was released | Where did Rosemary go |
| They released into the community | What happened to the memories when Rosemary died |
| Feelings | For the first time the community have memories which caused him to have |
| Nothing | What did the giver do to help the people |
| He didn’t want him to die because then the memories would go to the people | Why did the giver keep telling Jonas to stay away from the river |
| He relies on the giver to help him | How does Jonas deal with the memories |
| Release | Jonas decidedb he wanted to watch a_____ |
| He was shown a video of it | How was Jonas able to watch release of the twin |
| On top of the four head | Where did Jonas is father stick the needle in the twin |
| Killed | What does it mean to be released |
| In a carton | Where did father place the baby |
| She injected herself | How was Rosemary released |
| He wanted to cry and throw up | What was Jonas’s reaction to all of this |
| Killed | Jonus was very upset when he figured out that to be released meant to be___ |
| With the Giver | Where did you spend that night |
| One twin the old people those who ask in those he break the rules three times | OK who all in the community get released |
| Change | Jonas and the giver came to the conclusion that the community needed____ |
| That he fell into the river | What would the giver tell the community that happened to Jonas |
| Jonas would run away Elsewhere | What was the plan |
| Midnight | What time of day or night would Jonas leave |
| Rosemary | Who is the givers daughter |
| To be released | What decision was made about Gabriel |
| Leaving at night and stealing | What crimes did Jonas commit when he left |
| Hid and slept | What did they do the first day after breakfast |
| At night | What time do they travel |
| They don’t see color so they blended in with their surroundings | Why couldn’t the search planes see them |
| To throw the heat detectors off | Why did Jonas make himself and Gabe cold as the search things hunted for them |
| The search plans were coming more infrequently | How did Jonas know that the community was starting to give up search |
| Narrow and bumpy roads | How did the landscape change |
| The unknown | Now that the fear of the searchers was gone or did Jonas fear now |
| He thought a bird was a plane | What had Gabe mistaken in the air |
| He was afraid that he and Gabe would starve | What was the desperate fear that was building in Jonas |
| Not really | Did Jonas want to return to the community |
| His ankle | What part of the body did Jonas hurt |
| They were cold wet hungry and weak | Why were jonas and Gabe crying |
| He was afraid that he would no longer be able to save Gabriel | What other reason was just crying |
| He gave him a memory of sunshine | How did Jonas try to warm up Gabe |
| It was snowing heavily | Why was it so difficult to travel |
| He was remembering happy times | Why do you suddenly become happy |
| A sled | What was waiting for him at the top of the hill |
| Christmas lights | What was the first thing that Jonas saw in elsewhere |
| Music | What did Jonas here for the first time |
| He felt it within him | How did Jonas know this place would take care of Gabe and him |
The giver 1-23 chapter questions
April 16, 2020