Name _____________________________________ The Giver Study Guide Questions

Chapter One:

1. Define the following: Utopia: Distraught: Apprehensive: 2. How does the author get the reader into the book?3. Describe the evening ritual. 4. What does Lily mean when she says the visitors acted like animals? 5. What is Jonas father occupation? 6. What is a family unit?7. From whose point of view is the story told?8. What have you learned about the society?9. How is Jonas family like your family and different from your family? (Use a T-Chart, Compare and Contrast Essay Organizer, or a Venn Diagram)10. What do you know about release in the books society? What is your feeling about release?11. How is the care of children different in Jonas world from your world?

Chapter Two:

1. How many new children were in the group presented at the yearly December ceremonies? 2. What is the private conversation his parents have in Chapter 2 with Jonas?3. Identify the following items from the book:a. Ceremony of Oneb. Namingc. Bicyclesd. Ceremony of Ninee. Comfort Object

4. What rule has Jonass father broken?5. What was one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken in the community?6. Explain how Lily had come into Jonass family.7. How were rules changed in the community?8. Why was the Ceremony of Twelve the most important of all Ceremonies?9. Explain why Jonass father had expected to be given the Assignment as Nurturer at his own Ceremony of Twelve.10. How did life change for Elevens after the Ceremony of Twelve?11. What was Lilys comfort object and when did she get it?12. Though Jonass parents had reassured him about the event, why was the boys mind still on the December Ceremony?13. How do the people receive their Assignment?

14. Define these vocabulary words from chapters 1-2. Vocabulary Words = rasping, palpable, distraught, distracted, wheedle, nurturer, disposition, transgression, apprehensive and aptitude)

15. Why do you think the author is building up Jonas Ceremony of Twelve? What will Jonas Assignment be?

Chapter Three:

1. What did Jonas and the newchild, that his father brought home, have in common?2. What about the society is revealed by the reaction to eye color?3. What kind of transportation did Jonass father use?4. What was the name of the newchilds comfort object?5. What is a Birthmother?6. Why is Mother so appalled when Lilly suggest shed like to be a Birthmother?7. When did children in the community begin their volunteer hours?8. What was the newchilds name?9. What public announcement, specifically directed at Jonas, had been made the month before?10. Why had the apple intrigued Jonas?11. What had happened as Jonas watched the apple?12. What kind of clothing did Jonas wear?13. What does the nondescript shade of the tunics and the apple tell you about the people and society in the book?14. Compare Jonas in his world to typical eleven-year olds that you may know. (You may use a T-Chart or other graphic organizer to show your information.15. Sort out the plusses and minuses for the facets below of the book world: Raising children together in age groups Birthmothers Loudspeaker Evening telling of feelings Ceremonies Ceremony of Twelve

Chapter Four:

1. Define the vocabulary: a. Dwelling2. What seems to be the purpose of the volunteer hours?

3. Why doesnt Jonas seem to have a niche something you are really good or skilled at?

4. What is the nakedness rule?

5. What are the Releasing Room and the releasing ceremony? What do you think goes on there?

6. Who is Fiona?

7. What happens if someone does not finish his or her volunteer hours before the Ceremony of Twelve?

8. Why do only committee members know about what happened after people are released?

9. Why do you think that people are released?

10. What is your idea of the House of the Old?

Chapter Five

1. Define: infraction, confide, dosage.2. What is the morning ritual?3. What are stirrings in your opinion?4. Why must Jonas start taking a pill every day?5. What have you found so far that the books society represses, or tries to hold down?

Chapter Six1. Define: Fidget, Dangle, Interdependence, and Emblem2. What values does the books society embrace and encourage?3. When are the newborn named and given to a family unit?4. What is interdependence? Give an example of interdependence from your experiences.5. What happens to people who are released from the community?6. What is the difference in the book between loss and release? Why do you think that the author points out the distinction? On what page is the distinction made?7. Who is responsible for the children? 8. Why was Caleb lost? 9. Describe the ceremonies of the nines. 10. How do citizens find their matching spouses? How does the author build the interest in Jonas Ceremony of Twelve?11. Who makes the important decisions in the books society?Chapter Seven1. Define: exasperated, recollection, retroactive, acquisition, apprehensive2. How does the Ceremony of Twelve start?3. What do the numbers mean for each person?4. Why is number Nineteen skipped in the Assignments?5. What do you think Jonas Assignment will be?6. What is the order in which the elevens are seated? 7. How are the children punished? 8. Why was Asher punished? 9. What was Jonas reaction when he was not called to receive his assignment?

Chapter Eight1. Define: crescendo, humiliation, kinship, benign, anguish, meticulously.2. Why do Jonas and the audience not fill at ease at the start of Chapter 83. What is announced as Jonas Assignment? What is the job?4. What qualities does the Chief Elder explain Jonas will need?5. How will Jonas life change as he trains to be Receiver of Memory? Make some predictions?6. Describe the current Receiver of Memories. 7. Why was Jonas proud? 8. What are some of the requirements for the assignment of Receiver of Memories?

Chapter Nine1. Define: exempt, accustomed, restriction, requisitioned, excruciating and reeled. 2. What is it like to feel different? Why is it a new sensation for Jonas at the start of Chapter Nine? How do others now treat Jonas?3. What happened to the Receiver selected that failed?4. What are Jonas instructions for his Receiver training? Why are the rules particularly puzzling?5. What is the puzzle about lying, which Jonas ponders at the end of Chapter 9?6. What puzzles do you expect in the rest of the book?Supplemental Activities:7. Look for ways to describe the society in the book. Record your information on an attribute web.8. List as many characters as you know at this point and describe who they are9. Construct a short paragraph to discuss what is missing in the book?10. The author uses this dedication at the beginning of the book: For all the children to whom we entrust the future. What does this mean?

Chapter 101. Define: exhilarating and deftly.2. What does Jonas notice about the Receiver of Memorys dwelling?3. What will Jonas position as a receiver of Memory involve?4. Why is it important to save the memories? 5. Why does the Receiver have books but no one else has more than three?6. How will the old receiver transmit the memory of snow to Jonas?7. 1. Why were the doors locked at the Receiver of Memory? 8. Describe the old Receiver of Memory. 9. How did the Receiver obtain wisdom? 10. What is the simile that the old receiver uses to describe his job? What does it mean?

Chapter 111. Define: conveyance, frigid, and obsolete. 2. Once Jonas receives the snow and sledding, how does he feel?3. What is climate control? Why does the community use it? 4. Just how does the Receiver of Memories training proceed?5. How are The Givers burdens lessened in working with Jonas?6. What other memories are transmitted on this first day of trading?7. Why did the books world eliminate sunshine and hill?

Chapter 121. Define: admonition, fretful, fleeting, relenquish.2. What is Jonas first lie?3. Why doesnt Jonas tell his friends about his training? 4. What was Jonas dream about? 5. What rules of the old house does Fiona need to learn? 6. List the times when Jonas experienced seeing beyond. 7. What is Jonas beginning to recognize?8. What is Jonas seeing in Fionas hair and the apple and the sled?9. Why dont the people in the book perceive colors?10. What is Jonas opinion of giving up colors? How do you feel about the matter?Chapter 131. Define: mutilated, sinuous, electrode.2. What new meaning do the following words (ordinary, color and choice) have for Jonas? 3. How would the elders react to the same three words?4. Why is Jonas angry with his group mates and himself? 5. Name the difficulties or prohibitions that the giver had in his family life. 6. When is the giver called to advise the elders?7. What does The Giver share of his personal family life?8. How does the books society deal with adults with grown children? What does such an arrangement lose?

Chapter 141. Define: skittered, acceleration, writhing, anguish, assuage, excruciating, distended, ominous, wry, placidly.2. How does Jonas react when The Giver gives him the memory of breaking a leg in sledding? How does Jonas understanding and growing wisdom increase after he experiences that pain?3. What wisdom does hunger provide?4. What is the mood at the end of the talk between Jonas and The Giver on page 113? Why?5. How does Jonas calm Gabriel?6. Why does Jonas decide not to confess giving a memory away?7. Why does Mother shake her head about the release of the twin and Fathers responsibility for it?8. How does the Giver end each section? 9. Why does the Giver have all the memories instead of community? 10. Why are households only allowed to have two children?Chapter 15 1. Define: contorted, grotesque, implore, carnage and immobilized.2. Why do you think that this chapter is so short?3. Why does The Giver say, Forgive me?Chapter 161. Define: ecstatic and obsolete.2. How does Jonas learn of love?3. Why are grandparents a new idea for Jonas?4. What does the society lose without grandparents? What do they gain?5. What provokes Jonas first lie to his parents?6. How does Jonas learn the meaning of warfare? 7. Why does Jonas not want to come back to the Giver? 8. What helps Jonas understand individuality? Chapter 171. Define: permeated, exasperation and expertise.2. How is the day in Chapter 17 a study in contrasts?3. Why does Jonas stop taking his daily pills?4. How is Gabe proceeding?5. Why was Jonas so sensitive? 6. Why did Jonas dislike the war games? 7. What occupation does the mother want for Lily?

Chapter 181. Define: luminous, anguish, and imploringly.2. What was the story of Rosemary?3. What happened to the memories transferred to Rosemary? How were the training rules changed as a result?4. Why is the Giver prohibited from asking to be released? 5. What kind of memories does Rosemary receive? 6. Why was Rosemarys release a disaster for the community7. Why does the Giver advise Jonas to stay away from the river?Chapter 191. What does Jonas learn about rule 3 from his training rules in this chapter?2. How does The Giver feel about Rosemarys release?3. How does Lois Lowry describe Jonas feeling at the end of Chapter 19? How did you feel reading this chapter? Why?4. In the community, what is to be released? 5. Why does the community release one of the twins? 6. What is the selection process?

Chapter 201. Define: empowered and rueful.2. Why does Jonas refuse to go home?3. Why does Jonas have difficulties accepting his fathers role as a releaser? 4. Why can the Giver escape? 5. How does The Giver comfort Jonas?6. What is the plan Jonas and the Giver hatch?7. How did The Giver first experience his sensing beyond?8. What are the specifics of the escape plan? Will Jonas succeed in the escape?9. What is the surprising revelation at the end of Chapter 20?Chapter 2110. Complete a vocabulary builder graphic organizer for the following vocabulary words: meticulously, stealthily, rueful, frazzled, emphatically11. What makes Jonas escape plan fall apart?12. How does the first part of the escape proceed?13. How has the mood changed by the end of Chapter 21?14. Is Jonas justified in his escape?15. What charges would Jonas receive if he were caught? 16. Why was Gabriel going to be released?Chapter 221. Define: exquisite and tantalizing.2. What new dangers does Jonas encounter in Chapter 22?3. In what different ways does Jonas think about starvation?4. Why do the number and frequency of the search planes diminish? 5. How is the landscaping changing? 6. Only one chapter of the book remains? How will it end?

Chapter 231. Define: imperceptibly, agonizingly, trudged and lethargy.2. What weather conditions impede Jonas progress toward Elsewhere?3. How do Jonas and Gabe finally get to safety?4. What is the sensory image at the end of the book?