2) Why do children need their comfort objects taken away from them?

I think that children get their comfort objects taken away from them because it might help children grow their independence.

3) Why don’t the parents get to chose the name for their baby

I think that parents are not allowed to choose the names for their child because the community might not want children with very different names, or children with the same names.

2) Why do children have a specific comfort object

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because the small comfort object is something that represents them.

3) Why aren’t there many mirrors in the community

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because the community doesn't want anyone to feel like they are above anyone else. I think the community does not want anyone to feel insecure, or compare themselves to others.

- Jonas had a dream about being alone in the bathing room with Fiona.

- In Jonas dream he dreamt that he was trying to convince Fiona to get into the tub.

- Mother says that the dream was Jonas first stirrings.

- Jonas has to take pills for his treatment.

- Jonas described the dream as pleasurable.

- Jonas says that he wants to experience the stirrings again.

2) Why do children have to take these pills to prevent the stirrings

The reason children need to take pills to prevent stirrings is because when someone has stirrings, they are experiencing pleasure and happiness. Those are both feelings, and the community is not supposed to experience feelings. 

- Fiona

- Mother

- Lily

- Father

Smock - a loose dress or blouse, with the upper part closely gathered in smocking.

- People don’t have a funeral, the community just murmurs the persons name.

- The people in the community don’t use the term death, they use the term lost.

2) Why don’t they use the term death

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because the term might be considered rude or disrespectful.

3) Why was caleb just replaced

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because the community did not want people to grieve for too long.

- Fiona 

- Fritz

- Lily

- Gabriel

- Caleb

- Thea

- Mother

- Father

- Each child knows their number.

- Jonas number is eleven - nineteen.

- Children are smacked as a discipline.

- The chief elder said “Thank you for your childhood” to Asher.

- The chief Elder skipped Jonas.

- Jonas wants to know why the chief of Elders skipped him.

- Jonas thinks maybe he did something wrong, or he forgot his own number.

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because they think that is the best form of punishment.

3) Why did the chief of elders say thank you for your childhood to Jonas

The chief of elders said thank you for your childhood because once you are a year 12, your childhood is considered to be over.

4) Is your childhood over when you are a year 12

Yes. When you are a year 12, you are assigned a job. You will attend school while training for a job. After 12 years old, you are no longer considered a child.

- Madeline

- Jonas

- Asher

- Isaac

- Chief Elder

- Pierre

- Acquisition - an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.

- Serenely - in a calm, peaceful, and untroubled manner.

- The chief elder calls Jonas up to the stage.

- The chief elder says that Jonas has not been assigned, he has been selected.

- The chief elder announces that Jonas has been selected to be the next receiver of memory.

- The chief elder says this selection is very rare.

- The community has only ever had one receiver.

- The other receiver of memory is an older man with a beard and pale eyes. 

- Jonas will be prepared by the current receiver 

- The training involved in becoming a receiver involves pain

- The chief of elders says that Jonas has the capacity to see beyond

2) Why do both of the receivers have light eyes?

This question was not really answered. However, there are a couple people like Gabriel and a 6 year old girl that have light eyes. The people with pale eyes are able to receive memories.

3) What is a receiver of memory, why do they need a receiver?

The community need a receiver because there are memories from a long time ago that need to be shared to the new receiver. The giver has memories of things like color, and music but there is also memories of pain and sadness. 

- The chief elder

- The current receiver

- Being a receiver is not a job.

- The previous selection was a female, and the name cannot be repeated.

- No one saw her again.

- Jonas is not aloud to apply for medication, and there are more rules.

- Jonas is wondering since he is allowed to lie, who else is allowed to lie.

- Asher

- Mother

- Father

- Lily

Kinship - a sharing of characteristics or origins.

Anguish - severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

Painstaking - done with or employing great care and thoroughness.

Unanimous - (of two or more people) fully in agreement.

2) Why does everyone treat Jonas differently now, will things ever go back to normal?

Everyone is treating Jonas' differently now because being the receiver of memory. I would say things did go back to normal for the most part.

3) Why isn’t the name of the previous receiver allowed to be repeated?

The name of the previous receiver was Rosemary. The name was not allowed to be repeated because of how much suffering the community endured when she left.

Relish - great enjoyment.

Exempted - free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

- Jonas only knew about the books that existed in his dwelling, not books that existed anywhere else.

- The current receiver of memory says the job aged him.

- The current receiver says they have hard and painful work to do.

- The current receiver needs to transit the memory of snow to Jonas. 

2) What does it mean to transmit the memory of snow?

When the Giver was transmitting the memory of snow, he put his hands on Jonas' back. When his hands were on Jonas' back, he gave Jonas a memory of snow.

- Fiona

- The current receiver of memory

Conspicuous - standing out so as to be clearly visible.

- The feeling of the man’s hands suddenly went away.

- Even though Jonas' eyes were closed, he could still see.

-  Jonas says he enjoyed the sensation.

- Jonas asks if his parents got to have sleds and snow hills when they were children.

- The receiver said that it was a memory that he had to pull back from many generations ago. 

- The receiver says that climate control is the reason they don’t have snow.

- The receiver said that snow made it difficult to grow food, and the unpredictable weather made transportation impossible at times. 

- Jonas is given another memory about sunshine. 

- Jonas is given a memory about sun burns.

- The receiver tells Jonas to call him the giver.

2) Why does the community need to not have climate, and why can’t the community find ways to work around the climate instead of stopping it?

Climate makes it difficult to grow crops, so I guess the community figured it would be better to stop climate completely rather than work around it.

- The giver

Tentatively - subject to further confirmation; not definitely.

Obsolete - no longer produced or used; out of date.

- Fiona says she was waiting for Jonas yesterday so they could bike home together.

- Fiona says that they use a discipline wand on the old like they do for the children.

- Jonas says that the same thing that had happened with the apple happened again with Fiona.

- The giver asks Jonas to recall the memory on the sled. 

- The giver tells Jonas that he can start to see color.

- The Giver tells Jonas that Fiona has red hair.

- The Giver says that flesh used to be different colors, until they all went to sameness.

The Giver could see color, but since he gave his memories to Jonas he can no longer see color.

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because the community values sameness.

- Jonas

- Fiona

- Asher 

- Jonas feels lonely because he is the only one feeling pain.

- The giver will give Jonas memories of destruction.

- Jonas wants to apply for a change of rules.

- If a mother has twins they have to release the smaller one of the twins.

- Jonas feels a memory slipping away to Gabriel.

2) Why do twins need to be released

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because there can't be two identical people in the community. At birth, the twins are weighed. The lighter twin is release because the light baby is not considered strong enough.

- Mother

- Lily

- Jonas

- The giver

- Gabriel

- Larissa

2) Why did the Giver want Jonas to have this memory?

The Giver wanted Jonas to have this memory because it was causing the Giver pain. The Giver also probably wanted Jonas to have this memory so Jonas could know about war.

- The Giver 

- The boy in the memory

Grotesquely - in a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner.

Imploring - making an earnest or desperate appeal. 

2) Why do parents have to stop talking to the people that took care of them when they get to a certain age?

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that it is probably because these parents have children and jobs now and they think they are too busy to spend time with their parents.

3) What will happen if Jonas gets caught not taking his pills?

Jonas was not caught taking the pills in the book. However, if he was caught he would probably be in a lot of trouble.

- Jonas

- Mother

- Father

- Gabriel

Pervaded - (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.

Wisp - a small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something.

- Jonas has not been taking pills for 4 weeks.

- Jonas has been seeing color.

- Jonas and his friends are playing a game of war

- Jonas tries to tell his friends to stop playing the game.

- Jonas wants to go on a walk with Fiona, but he can’t because he has to work. 

- Jonas' father says that the twins will be born tomorrow. 

2) Why do they play this war game?

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I would say that this game probably started many generations ago, and it just got carried on.

- Lily

- Mother

- Tanya

- Asher

- Fiona

Strewn - untidily scattered.

Trudged - walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

Glum - looking or feeling dejected; morose.

2) Why do they record all of the releases?

This question was not answered in the book, but if I were to guess I think it is just to keep track of who was released.

- Jonas is going to sneak out of his dwelling in the middle of the night.

- Jonas is going to leave the community.

- The giver is going to tell the community that Jonas was lost in the river.

- The giver says that he can’t go with Jonas.

- The giver says that after he is done helping the community he wants to be with his daughter.

- The giver tells Jonas that Rosemary is his daughter. 

2) Will Jonas go alone?

No, Jonas decides to take Gabriel with him. Jonas takes Gabriel with him because Jonas' father was going to perform a release on Gabriel the next day if he did not take Gabriel with him. 

- Jonas asks his family if they love him.

- Jonas' parents tell Jonas not to use the word love. 

- Jonas gives Gabriel happy memories. 

- Jonas likes the feeling of love, so he decides not to take his pills anymore.

- Jonas

- Jonas’s father

- Rosemary

- Jonas

- Jonas feels sad that he left his friends behind. 

- Jonas’ father reveals that Gabriel will be released. 

- Jonas decides to take Gabriel with him to save his life.

- Jonas gives Gabriel a memory of exhaustion so he can fall asleep.

- There are planes flying over the community looking for Jonas and Gabriel.

- The amount of planes looking for him started to slow down.

- One night, Jonas fell off of his bicycle and sprained his ankle.

- Jonas and Gabriel see their first bird.

- Jonas and Gabriel can now see all kinds of different animals. 

- Jonas is very hungry, and he tries to remember times where he had meals delivered to his dwelling each day. 

- It has been raining for the past two days.

- Jonas and Gabriel are crying  because they are too weak and tired.

- Jonas takes Gabriel with him. 

- Jonas is very tired and hungry.

- Jonas and Gabriel are both freezing cold. 

- Jonas sees a snowhill and he and Gabriel go sledding. 

- Jonas hears echoing and it sounds like singing. 

2) Will Jonas' friends come looking for him?

No, Asher and Fiona did not go looking for Jonas.

2) Will Jonas and Gabriel make it to Elsewhere without food, or sleep?

I think that Jonas and Gabriel unfortunately passed away. At the end of the book, Jonas and Gabriel were so tired and hungry that I think they were just hallucinating.

2) Did anyone ever find their bodies if they did die? 


A)

2) Father

3) Mother

4) Gabriel

5) Lily

- Gabriel

Taut -  taut comparative adjective: tauter superlative adjective: tautest

Haphazard - lacking any obvious principle of organization.: "the kitchen drawers contained a haphazard collection of silver souvenir spoons".

Imperceptible - impossible to perceive.: "his head moved in an almost imperceptible nod".