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Questions to Consider forThe Giver, by Lois Lowry
Chapters 1-9
Directions: To receive full credit, answer all of the questions about the story in complete sentences.
Chapter 1
1. Who is the main character of the novel?
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2. From what point of view does this story take place?
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3. There are several details in chapter one that reveal something unusual about the community in which Jonas lives. List three of these unusual details. What might they reveal?
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4. What are some of the rules in Jonas’s community? Find at least two, and explain what you think these rules are intended to do.
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5. What do you think is the purpose of the telling of feelings ritual? Also, did you notice anything strange or unusual about it? Explain below.
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6. How was the “release” of a contributing citizen viewed by the community?
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7. Lily is referred to as a Seven, and Jonas is an Eleven. To what is that number referring? Why do you think it is capitalized?
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8. What is Father’s job? Why is he concerned about one of the newborns?
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Chapter 2
9. From where do babies come?
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10. What is different about the way babies are named?
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11. What happens when Eights become Nines?
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12. What about the fact that Father found out the name of the Newchild “awed” Jonas?
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13. What is one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously, and almost always broken?
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14. What is funny about a rule that goes to a committee to be changed?__________________________________________________________________________________
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15. What happens when Elevens become Twelves?__________________________________________________________________________________
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16. What does Mother think is the most important job in the community?
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17. It is stated that Lily’s and Jonas’s comfort objects were soft, furry imaginary creatures. What are they really? What might this suggest?
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Chapter 3
18. What do Jonas, a female Five, and the Newchild all have in common? Why is this unusual? What “look” does Jonas decide this gives him?
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19. Why are mirrors unnecessary in Jonas’s community? What might this suggest?
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20. What is life like for a female assigned to be a Birthmother?
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21. Describe the incident regarding the apple that “bewildered” Jonas. What do you think may have happened?
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Chapter 4
22. Why didn’t Jonas ever discuss Benjamin’s achievements with him?__________________________________________________________________________________
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23. Describe what happened to the Eleven who did not have the required number of volunteer hours.
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24. What does Jonas decide is positive and negative about doing his volunteer hours in a variety of places?
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25. What rule does not apply to newchildren or the Old?__________________________________________________________________________________
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26. Describe the celebration that occurs when someone from the House of the Old is released. Where do you think he or she goes?
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Chapter 5
27. Jonas is not someone who usually has dreams , but in this chapter he does and describes it to Mother, Father, and Lily. Notice how Father takes Lily off to school while Mother discusses it with Jonas. What does Mother call Jonas’s dream? What does she give Jonas to “control” it so that Jonas does not have another one? What do you think all of this might mean? Explain below.
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Chapter 6
28. What type of jacket does Lily wear as a Seven? What does it represent to the community?
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29. Why do Fours, Fives, and Sixes all wear jackets that fasten down the back?
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30. What will Lily get to do once she becomes an Eight at the ceremony?
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31. What is the situation with Gabriel, the Newchild? What was Father able to do for him? Where will he spend his nights? On what condition is the family permitted to keep him at their home?(This question has several parts. Be sure to answer all of them.)
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32. What happened to the first Caleb? How does the community handle it?
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33. Where is Elsewhere, and how does one “get” there?
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34. How do marriages between a man and woman happen in this community? (Be specific.)
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Chapter 7
35. The Chief Elder gives a speech right before she gives the new Twelves their assignments. She talks about the “variety of personalities, though she singled no one out by name.” Why do you think she does this?
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36. Of what are the Instructors of Threes in charge?
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37. What is the typical punishment used for small children?
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38. What character trait is Asher known for throughout the community?
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39. What is Asher’s Assignment? Why does he get this Assignment?
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40. What happens to Jonas during the Assignment Ceremony? How does he feel about this?
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Chapter 8
41. What is Jonas’s Assignment? What makes this Assignment so unique compared to the other Assignments? Be specific and thorough in your response.
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42. What happened the last time someone was selected?
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43. What are the four essential attributes that a Receiver must possess? List them below, with a brief description of each.
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44. What happens when Jonas looks out across the crowd? To what other incident is this similar?
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45. How does Jonas feel about his Assignment?
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Chapter 9
46. How does Jonas feel for the first time in his life?
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47. What does Mother tell Jonas about the last person who was chosen as Receiver?
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48. What do Jonas’s parents think about the fact that he was chosen as Receiver?
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49. What does Jonas think about the exemption from rudeness?
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50. One of the rules stipulates (states) that Jones may not receive medication related to his training. Why might this be? Make a prediction.
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51. What startling thought does Jonas have about the idea of lying? Be specific in your response.
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Chapter 10
52. How is Jonas treated by the secretary?
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53. What is different at the Receiver’s home? (Think about the whole chapter before you respond to this question.
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54. What is the Giver’s job? What must he give Jonas?
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55. Explain what you think the Giver means when he says, “I am so weighted with them.”
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Chapter 11
56. What is the first memory that Jonas receives?
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57. What is Jonas’ reaction to the first memory?
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58. What happened to snow? Why doesn’t Jonas’ community know what snow is?__________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 12
59. What is Jonas beginning to see?
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60. How does the Giver help Jonas?
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61. What happens to color in this community? (As opposed to in memory.)
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62. What is Jonas’s opinion of sameness?
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Chapter 13
63. What causes frustration for Jonas in this chapter?
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64. What is Jonas’s first startling and disturbing memory? What is his reaction to this?
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65. Is the Giver married? Explain the Giver’s situation with his marriage relationship.
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66. Why is a Receiver necessary in the community?
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67. About what does Jonas wonder when he is not with the Giver?
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68. Why does the Giver sometimes send Jonas away?__________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 14
69. What is the first painful memory that Jonas receives, and what is its effect on him?
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70. Why do Jonas and the Giver have to hold painful memories?
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71. Why can’t everyone have memories to share?
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72. What’s wrong with Gabriel?
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74. How does Jonas comfort Gabriel? __________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 15
75. What is the memory that is addressed in this chapter, and what is its effect on Jonas?
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Chapter 16
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77. What is the Giver’s favorite memory? Explain a little bit about it.__________________________________________________________________________________
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78. How does Jonas feel about this memory? What are some advantages and disadvantages of this?__________________________________________________________________________________
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79. What happens when Jonas discusses this feeling with his parents?
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80. What is Jonas’s relationship to Gabriel now?
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81. How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter? What implications will this have?
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84. What is Lily’s talent?
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Chapter 18
85. Explain what happened to Rosemary and the impact that it had on the community.
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Chapter 19
86. What is Release? Explain.
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Chapter 20
87. Once he obtains this new knowledge, how does Jonas feel about being released?
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88. What insights do Jonas and the Giver have about memories?
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89. Which of the senses did the Giver have? What was special to him that he hadn’t yet shared?
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90. What is the plan for creating change in the community?
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Chapter 21
91. What does the plan change?
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92. What rules are broken?
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93. What is their travel ritual?
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94. How does Jonas know that people were searching for him? How does he hide?
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95. What happens to Jonas’s memories?
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Chapter 22
96. How is the landscape changing?
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97. What are the new dangers?
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Chapter 23
98. What is the weather like in this chapter?
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99. What happens to Jonas’s bicycle?
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100. Discuss the ending of the story. What do you think happens to Jonas? Why do you think this? Use as many details and evidentiary support as possible.
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