Chase - The Giver - Chapter 5 - 9 Study Questions

How does the author build the interest in Jonas' Ceremony of Twelve? (ch. 6)

Asher recounts the urban myth about people who received bad Assignments or who did not fit in and consequently asked to join another community by applying for Elsewhere, after which they disappeared.

How are you feeling about the society in the book? (ch. 5)

I don't like the way everything is controled and their emotions are suppressed, so they can't feel any emotions.

The Murmur-of-Replacement Ceremony is (ch. 6)

When a new infant is given to a family unit to replace a child who died unexpectedly

What is a replacement child?

a child who has been given to a family who has lost their child by death

What do they get at age 7?

a jacket that they can button themselves

What happened to the previous Caleb? (ch. 6)

accidentally drowned

Why has Fritz not succeeded? (ch. 6)

because he is awkward & clumsy & it infringes on the community's sense of order and success.

What do they get at the Ceremony of Nine?

bicycles

What have your found so far that the book's society represses? (ch. 5)

feelings of sexual urges (desires/wanting)

What do they get at the Ceremony of Ten?

hair cuts into older styles

What is an example of interdepence in the story?

helping each other button their back button jackets

According to the community, a "family unit" is

intended to create rule-obeying citizens.

Jonas hopes that is assigned to be a

pilot

Why did Jonas, Lily, and their parents have to sign a statement (document) to keep Gabriel (Gabe) for another year?

promising not to get emotionally attached to him.

What values does the book's society embrace & encourage? (ch. 6)

sameness and control

why do the kids get "back" button jackets at the age of 7, it

so they can learn "interdependence" by buttoning each other up.

During the Ceremony of Loss, why do they repeat the name of the dead softer and softer?

so they forget them

The feelings that Jonas is having are called

stirrings

Who makes the important decisions in the book's society?

the Committee of Elders

What does the community do during the Ceremony of Loss? (ch. 6)

the repeat the dead person's name over and over — and more and more softly — during the day.

What is the difference in the book between loss & release? (ch. 6)

the volumn of their voice when they repeat a name

What happens to girls at the Ceremony of Ten?

their braids are cut off & they no longer have to wear ribbons

What happens at the age of 8?

they begin to volunteer

Members of the community do not stop taking the pill until (ch. 5)

they have joined the House of Old

What does the community do during the Murmur-of-Replacement Ceremony? (ch. 6)

they speak the child's name softly at first, then more rapidly and loudly, symbolizing the return of the dead child. The new infant is given the same name as that of the child who died.

What is the morning ritual? (ch. 5)

they tell their dreams

Why must Jonas start taking a pill every day? (ch. 5)

to make the stirring feelings go away

the small pill that Jonas has to take every morning is called a

treatment

Jonas' dream is a result of his recent (ch. 5)

volunteer hours at the House of Old

The Ceremony of Loss is done (ch. 6)

when a child dies unexpectedly

What is interdependence? (ch. 6)

when people depend & rely on each other to get something done (having someone button the back button's on their jacket, because they can't reach it. They "depend" on someone else to do it for them to get the jacket buttoned.)

What happens at the Ceremony of Twelve?

you receive your official Assignment as a new adult member of the community.

What is an example of interdepence at home?

zipping up the back of my mom's dress, because she can't reach it.