The Giver 11-15
Destination
A place where a person or car is traveling to
Counsel
Advice
What horrible memory did the giver the give to Jonas this time?
An elephant killed for its tusk, and the baby elephant crying for its mama
Why did Jonas feel uncomfortable listening to all the 12s about their first day of training?
Because he was not allowed to discuss his
Why didn't the elders decide to allow birthmothers have babies instead of three?
Because of the memory of hunger
Why was there no longer snow?
Climate Control
Every day, Jonas was given a memory of pain, but ended with a
Color fill memory of pleasure
Why would it be difficult for Jonas to have a spouse?
Couldn't share life with her
How did Jonas calm down Gabriel?
He gave him a memory of sailing
What was Gabriel's main problem?
He was fretful at night
What was wrong with the Giver?
He was suffering from the pain of too many horrible memories
He was on top of a mound or
Hill
How was the second snow/sled experience different from the first?
It was colder, steeper, not falling as trickly, hard, bluish ice, runners wouldn't slide, terrified and felt pain from a broken leg
Petitioned
Made a formal request
What was the memory?
Memory Of War
Was he given any medications for the pain?
No
Why was the community without color?
No choices, sameness, scientists changed genes, to make everything flat and hueless
Obsolete
Out of date and no longer use
Why did the leaders go to "sameness?"
Practical and Convenient
To help Jonas understand the concept of color, the giver wants to give him the memory of a
Rainbow
Jonas tried to get Asher to see the color______ in geraniums
Red
The giver told him that Jonas was experiencing
Red
What dream did Jonas continue having?
Riding down a hill on the sled
Ominous
Signal and trouble danger or disaster
He felt himself sitting on a
Sled
For the first time, Jonas experienced the feel of
Snow
Why was it important that the receiver keep all the memories?
So that the citizens wouldn't have to bare the pain
Phenomenon
Something very unusual and remarkable
What was the last memory given to Jonas in this chapter?
Sunburn
The second memory was warm and comforting. What was it?
Sunshine
What happens to the memory once the Giver gives it away to Jonas?
The Giver no longer has the memory
What red things has Jonas seen so far?
The apple, sled, hair and book
Why did colors disappear in their society?
The people made a choice to go to sameness
What did they do when a birthmother had twins?
The smaller one was released
Why couldn't the community have choices?
They might make a mistake
What weird thing keeps happening to Jonas?
Things changed for an instant
Jonas told the receiver to start giving him some painful memories? Why?
To lighten the givers glow because he was in so much pain
Why does the receiver have to hold all the painful, terrible memories?
Wisdom
What happened 10 years ago?
With the receiver failed everyone knew the memory
Does Fiona like her new job?
Yes
