The Giver questions Ch 8-16

What question did Jonas ask his parents after his sessions witht the Giver? What was their answer? What was his reaction?

He asked if they loved him. They told him to use more precise language. They said he had used an old, meaningless word. Thry asked if he understood why it was inappropriate. He lied for the first time and said he did.

What happenned to the old man's memory of the ride on the sled after he transmitted it to Jonas?

He did not remember it anymore. He had given the memory completely to Jonas.

Jonas did something different the next morning. What was it?

He didn't take his pill.

How did Jonas feel about being the Receiver at the beginning of Chapter 16?

He didn't want to be the Receiver. He wanted his childhood and his friends.

Did Jonas agree or disagree with the committee's choice of him as the new Reciever?

He doubted himself for a moment, but he agreed.

What words or concepts did Jonas experience?

He experienced snow, sled, runners, hill, and frigid air.

What did Jonas realize about his family after his session with The Giver?

He realized his family members had never known pain.

What did Jonas want to do about the memories and the traditional way of doing things and give everyone the memories.

He wanted to change the traditional way of doing things and give everyone the memories.

What was he allowed to do that he had not been allowed to do before?

He was allowed to lie.

From what rules was Jonas exempted?

He was exempted from rules governing rudeness. He could ask anyone a question and he would recieve an answer.

What was Jonas prohibited from doing?

He was not allowed to tell his dreams.

What happened when Jonas "saw beyond?" Why was it important?

He was seeing the color red. It was the beginning of his ability to see colors.

What was Jonas' assignment? Why was it important?

He was the Reciever of Memory for the Community. It was the most important job in the Community.

Describe Jonas' experiences of "seeing beyond."

I was a short, indescribable changed. First it happened with the apple. Next, it happenned with the audience in the Auditorium. Then it happened with Fiona. Her hair changed in a way he could not describe.

What was the first memory the Receiver said he would give to Jonas?

It was about snow.

What was the biggest difference in the Receiver of Memory's dwelling?

It was the books.

What memories did the Receiver of Memory say he had to transmit to Jonas?

It was the memories of the whole world.

What kind of questions did Jonas ask about snow, sleds, and hills? What was the old man's answer? What was Jonas' response?

Jonas asked why they did not have the things. The old man said that they had disappeared whent he communities got Climate Control, Jonas said he wished they still had snow and other things.

How did Jonas help Gabriel go to sleep?

Jonas gave Gabriel the memory of sailing on the lake.

Summarize the conversation between Jonas and The Giver about choices.

Jonas wanted to have colors all the time and wanted to be able to make decisions. The Giver said that if people were able to make their own choices, they might choose wrongly. Jonas agreed it was not safe for people to make their own choices.

Could the other people in the community see colors? If not, why not?

No, they could not. They gave up that ability when they went to Sameness.

Describe Jonas' consciousness while he received the memory.

One part of his consciousness was aware that he was in the Annex room. The other part could experience the sensation of snow and sled. He could see, even though his eyes are closed.

What happened the last time a new Reciever had been chosen?

The girl was not successful. No one knew exactly what happened.

Jonas thought the Receiver of Memory had power. what did the old man tell him? What did the old man tell him?

The old man said he had honor, not power, and that they were not the same.

What did the old man tell Jonas to call him?

The old man told him to cal him The Giver. Jonas was the new Receiver of Memory.

Describe the Giver's favorite memory that he gave to Jonas. How did Jonas feel about it?

There was a tree with lights inside a house. Children were unwrapping packages. Jonas perceived family. The Giver explained what Grandparents were. He also gave Jonas the word "love." Jonas liked the memory.

What happened when Jonas was looking into the crowd?

They changed, the same way the apple had changed.

The Giver explained why the people needed a Receiver of Memory. what were the reasons?

They sometimes needed a Receiver to use his memories to help them make decisions. Most of the time, they needed the Receiver to keep all of the old memories so they would not have them.

Jonas asked why he and The Giver had to hold the memories. What was The Giver's answer? What was his example?

The Giver told him the memories gave them wisdom. He explained the request from the Elders to increase the birth rate. He then remembered hunger and famine and warfare and told them not to increase the birthrate.

Jonas asked what made The Giver suffer. what memory did The Giver transmit to explain it?

The Giver transmitted the memory os a sledding accident. Jones fell off the sled and broke his leg.

What pain did The Giver ask Jonas to take in Chapter 15?

The Giver transmitted the pain of being injured in battle during war.

What were the four qualities the Chief Elder said the Reciever of Memory must have?

intelligence, courage, wisdom, integrity