The Giver – Chapters 1 & 2
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1. Why might the arrival of a jet be a
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terrifying experience for the entire
community?
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2. What do you think might happen to
someone who is released from the
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community?
3. What was the purpose of the ritual
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telling of feelings?
4. What was unique about the way
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children are born and infants are cared
for in the community?
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5. Why was it so difficult to get rules
changed in the community?
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6. On what basis did children receive
life assignments?
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The Giver – Chapters 3 – 5
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1. Why were Gabe’s eyes of such
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interest to Jonas?
2. How did Lily react to the new word
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“hippo”? Why did she react this way?
3. Why did Jonas risk the humiliation of
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public chastisement for taking an apple
from the recreation area?
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4. Why was Jonas interested in finding
out where Roberto went upon release?
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5. What effect did the pills have on
Jonas and the other people who took
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them? Why do you think all adults were
required to take them?
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The Giver – Chapters 6 – 8
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1. Under what circumstances was Gabriel
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allowed a second year of nurturing? Why
do you think the community made this
exception to the rules?
2. What do you think was the difference
between Release and Loss?
3. What was the significance of the bicycles
that were given to the Nines?
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4. Why was Jonas skeptical that anyone
might be unhappy with life in the
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community?
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5. Why had Asher been punished for
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confusing the words “snack” and “smack”?
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What does this punishment reveal about the
community?
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6. What set the Ceremony of Twelve apart
from all other age ceremonies?
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7. Why did the community make the
distinction between “Selection” for Receiver
of Memory and “Assignment” for all other
occupations?
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8. What was unusual about the appearance
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of the bearded Elder? What was significant
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about this characteristic?
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9. Why was Jonas chosen to be the next
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Receiver of Memory?
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The Giver – Chapters 9 – 11
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1. How did Jonas feel after receiving his
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adult Assignment? Why? What did Asher’s
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hesitation in congratulating Jonas indicate?
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2. Which item in the list of duties and
responsibilities frightened Jonas? Why?
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3. Why was the concept of pain beyond
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Jonas’s comprehension? How did he know
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this was about to change?
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4. What was unique about the Annex?
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5. At first, why did Jonas misinterpret the
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Receiver’s job of transmitting memories of
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the past?
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6. Why was the transmittal of the memory
of snow so exhausting to the old man?
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7. What two lessons did Jonas Learn about
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the sun?
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8. Why did The Giver appear a little sad at
the end of the first day of training?
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The Giver – Chapters 12 &13
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1. How did Jonas’s relationship with his
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parents and friends change after he
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received his Life Assignment?
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2. How did The Giver explain the visual
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phenomena that Jonas witnessed?
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What did this reveal about the
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community?
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3. Why did the community relinquish
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the ability to see color?
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4. Why was it important for The
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Receiver of Memory to have The
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Capacity to See Beyond?
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5. Why did Jonas refer to Gabe as his
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little brother? Could this be true?
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6. Why did The Giver warn Jonas about
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having a spouse and children?
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7. Why was The Giver bitter about the
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Council of Elders?
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The Giver – Chapters 14 -16
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1. How was Jonas’s second experience
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with snow unlike the first? Why did The
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Giver offer Jonas this experience?
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2. According to the Giver, why did Jonas
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have to receive and store memories of
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pain? What does this tell you about the
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community?
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3. Why did The Giver apologize to Jonas
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after sharing the memory of war?
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4. Why were Jonas and his father worried
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about Gabriel’s fretfulness at night? How
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did Jonas try to solve this problem?
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5. Why did the Memory of grandparents
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disturb Jonas?
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6. Why couldn’t Jonas’s parents answer his
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question about love?
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The Giver – Chapters 17 -19
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1. How did Jonas’s range of emotions
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differ from those of his family and
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friends?
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2. How did Jonas react to the children’s
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war game?
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3. Why did Jonas feel powerless and
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alone when Fiona and Asher rode off on
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their bicycles?
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4. Why did the community refer to the
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former Receiver-in-training as a failure?
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How did this failure affect the rules that
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applied to Jonas?
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5. What shocked Jonas when he
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viewed his father “releasing” one of the
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newborn twins?
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6. What did Jonas learn about the
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community’s prohibition against lying?
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The Giver – Chapter 20
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1. Why would Fiona, a trainee in the
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care of the old, probably accept the
practice of releasing the old?
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2. Why was The Giver now ready to
make a plan for change?
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3. Why would Jonas’s departure from
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the community lead to possible change?
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4. Why did The Giver decide to stay
behind to help the community? Is it the
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right decision?
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5. Why did Jonas and The Giver
choose the December Ceremony as the
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time to implement their plan?
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The Giver – Chapters 21 – 23
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1. How did Father’s sweet, sing-song
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voice affect Jonas on their last evening
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together?
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2. What would have happened to Jonas
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and Gabe had the searchers found
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them?
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3. In what way was Jonas handicapped
by his early departure?
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4. How was Jonas able to use
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memories to foil the search planes? In
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what other ways did memories help
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Jonas during the journey?
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5. How was Jonas able to recall their
destination from a memory of his own?
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6. What might have been the source of
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the music that Jonas thought he heard
behind him?
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