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The Giver Questions: Chapter 1-4 (pg. 6-39)
1) Describe Asher’s personality:
2) How do you feel about an entire society apologizing, even speaking, in unison?
3) What is the evening ritual family’s go through each night?
4) Lily complains of breaking unwritten playground rules. Do you think the same rules should be
followed by everyone or different rules for different people?
5) What is wrong with the newborn child Jonas’s father overseas? What is the newborn’s name?
6) What is Jonas apprehensive about?
7) What happens during the Ceremony of the Ones?
8) What happens during the Ceremony of Twelve?
9) The Elders watch over everyone, determining what job position fits best. It is very reminiscent of
‘Big Brother’. What are your opinions of such oversight?
10) What is different about Jonas’s eyes?
11) Why did Jonas take the apple home?
12) Why do you think nakedness is allowed only for adults and babies?
13) People are eerily open with each other, sharing feelings among other things. It could have to do
with medication or a societal constraint. There appear to be few secrets. Could you ever be that
open with someone? What would it take for that to happen? Do you think it is ever possible to
achieve this?
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The Giver: Chapters 5- 8 (pg. 39-67)
1) What was Jonas’s dream about?
2) What is the feeling Jonas felt in his dream, according to society?
3) What does Jonas need to take to stop this feeling?
4) Names are not just given at random in this society. Caleb and Roberto, for example, are
recycled names used to replace the dead or released citizens. The older ones are forgotten
almost entirely, any legacy gone. Would you want to be remembered when you die or
replaced?
5) Like jobs, the government chooses your spouses and even if you’re worthy of a spouse, for
you. Do you agree with arranged marriage?
6) What mistake did the Chief Elder make in calling out names and occupations?
7) What was Jonas selected for?
8) What are the five qualities Jonas must have for this position?
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The Giver: Chapter 9 – 10 (pg. 68-83)
1) What information do we know about the first receiver picked 10 years ago?
2) What is the final instruction for Jonas’s job?
3) What language precision lesson was Jonas once taught about lies? What word was he corrected
on?
4) What physical feature do the old Receiver and Jonas share?
5) The old Receiver is very humble. He makes a distinction that he is important but is not…what?
6) What does the Receiver tell Jonas about apologies?
7) What memory does Jonas start with?
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The Giver: Chapter 11-13 (pg. 84-111)
1) How many sled memories does the old Receiver have?
2) What is the historical term used in the book that ended things like weather and hills?
3) What is the next memory transmitted? And the third “painful” one?
4) Jonas is the Receiver. What is he to now call the old man?
5) First the apple, now what weird sight effect is Jonas seeing?
6) Why does the Giver ask Jonas if he looked down at the sled?
7) What is Jonas beginning to see?
8) Why is Jonas upset that there is no color?
9) Can Asher see what Jonas does?
10) How often does the Receiver advise the Elders?
11) What happened to the memories 10 years ago when the new Receiver was released?
12) Are instructors correct, in the Giver’s eyes?