"The Giver" Chapters 1-5 Questions – Flashcards
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What was the unidentified aircraft at the beginning of the story?
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a pilot-in-training that made an error
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What did they do with the pilot?
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released him
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What is the main character's name?
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Jonas
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What was his Jonas best friend's name?
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Asher
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What month did the story begin?
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almost December
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What was the ritual that Jonas's family did at the end of their evening meal?
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telling of feelings
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What was Jonas's father's job?
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a nurturer: responsible for all the physical and emotional needs for every newchild
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How many children could each family have?
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one girl and one boy
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What was Jonas apprehensive about?
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the Ceremony of Twelve
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People receive their babies at what ceremony?
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The Ones
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What was the name of the baby that the father was so concerned about?
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Gabriel or Gabe
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What was Jonas's sister's name?
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Lily
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How old did you have to be to get your first bicycle?
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9
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What rule was almost always broken by the community and wasn't taken seriously?
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Older brothers and sisters secretly taught the younger ones to ride a bicycle
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What is the most important job in the community?
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(the Receiver or Committee of Elders
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Why was the Ceremony of Twelves the most important ceremony?
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people were given their Life Assignment
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How did their lives change after the Ceremony of 12's?
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no recreation time, being trained
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What was Lily's comfort object?
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stuffed elephant
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What was Jonas's comfort object?
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a bear
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What was so different about the newchild?
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He had pale eyes like Jonas. Most
citizens had dark eyes.
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What was the newchild's comfort object?
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hippo
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How many years could you serve as a birth mother?
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3 years or 3 births
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What did you do after being a birth mother?
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became laborers
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What had Jonas taken from the Recreation Area and was reminded by public annuncement that he was not
to do that?
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an apple
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What was it about the apple that concerned Jonas?
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The appearance of it changed
for a brief second three or four times.
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What were Jonas and Asher doing to the apple?
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tossing it back and forth
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Why was the new child, Gabriel, staying with Jonas's family unit?
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The father
was concerned about him. He was fussy and didn't seem to be developing as fast
as the others. He was trying to avoid the possibility of releasing him.
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What did Benjamin do for his volunteer hours?
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worked at the Rehabilitation
Center
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What did Lily do for her volunteer hours?
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worked at the Childcare Center
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Where did Asher and Fiona work?
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in the House of Old
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What did Jonas help do at the House of Old?
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bathe old people
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What celebrations did they have at the House of Old?
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the release of individual patients
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What do they do at the celebrations?
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the telling of the life, toast, cheers, chanting
of anthem, and lovely goodbye speeches
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Where do they go when one has been released?
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no one knows
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How did Roberto look when he walked through the door of the Releasing Room?
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He bowed to them and had a look of pure happiness on his face.
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What was the morning ritual for Jonas's family?
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the telling of dreams
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What dream did Jonas tell his family he had?
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He wanted Fiona to get in the tub
so he could bathe her.
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The mother had an explanation for the dream. What was it?
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His first feelings of "stirrings"
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What was the treatment?
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to take pills
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Who all has to take these pills?
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Anyone who has stirrings. Eventually, everyone
has to take the pills.
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How long does one have to take these pills?
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Until one enters the House of Old
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How did Jonas feel about taking the pills?
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He was proud to have joined those
who are taking the pills.
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How did Jonas feel about the stirrings?
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He found them pleasurable, and wished
he could feel them again.
