The Giver questions Chapters 1-5 – Flashcards
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They will be sent away or killed
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What do you think might happen to someone who is released from the community?
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They apologize and explain and everyone else must accept the apology
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What does a person do after something wrong? What is everyone else's response?
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Takes care of the new children
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What does a Nurturer do?
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How many people are in every family unit?
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They share their feelings daily
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Name one thing you learned about the community during the ritual telling of feelings?
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The birth mother takes care of the baby for one year and then the child is given to a family
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What is different about the way children are born and infants are cared for in the community?
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This is their age
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Jonas is an Eleven and his sister, Lily, is a Seven. What does this mean?
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It must first go to the committee and they ponder over it until everyone forgets
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Why is it so difficult to get rules changed in the community?
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When all the babies turn 1 and they are given to the new family and a name
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What is the Ceremony for the Ones?
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An elephant and it will be given to a new child
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What is Lily's "comfort object"? What will happen to it when she becomes an Eight?
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It changed
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What happened to the apple when Jonas was playing catch with it?
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They make the dreams of stirring go away
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What effect do the pills have on Jonas and the other people who take them?
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To find out Jonas' assignment
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What is the cliffhanger in chapter 2?
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He may be chosen for an important job, or assignment.
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Why might Lois Lowry have chosen Jonas as the name of her main character?
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He has a very important role and may send some message to the community
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In the Bible the angel Gabriel is a divine messenger. What does the choice of this name for the new child suggest about Gabe's improtance in the novel?
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Pleasurable, normal feelings
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What are stirrings?
