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The Giver Chapter 9 – Discussion Questions
1. What is it like to feel different? Why is it a new sensation for Jonas at the start of
Chapter 9? How do others now treat Jonas?
2. What happened to the Receiver selection that failed??
3. What are Jonas’ instructions for his Receiver training? Why are the rules puzzling to
Jonas?
4. What could be the reasons behind Jonas’s rules?
5. What is the puzzle about lying which Jonas ponders at the end of Chapter 9? Do you
think other members of the community have been given similar instructions?
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The Giver Chapter 10 – Discussion Questions
1. What does Jonas notice about the Receiver of Memory’s dwelling?
2. What do you think of the attendant’s explanation of the locked door? Explain.
3. How does the Receiver treat Jonas?
4. What will Jonas’s position as Receiver of Memory involve?
5. Why are the memories that The Receiver holds important? Why is it important to
save the memories?
6. What things does Jonas learn that surprise/puzzle him?
7. Why does The Receiver have books but no one else has more than three (the
dictionary, community volume, and Book of Rules)?
8. How will the old Receiver transmit the memory of snow to Jonas? Why do you think
Jonas doesn’t know what the words sled, snow, and downhill mean?