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The Giver
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Literature
9th Grade
10/23/2009

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Define anecdote.
Definition
short narrative about an amusing incident
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Define the Capacity to See Beyond
Definition
a quality the Receiver of Memory must have
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Who is a Nurturer in this story
Definition
Jonas' father
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What is "Elsewhere?"
Definition
name for any place outside Jonas's community
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What is foreshadowing?
Definition
a hint at events which will happen later
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What two characters have light eyes?
Definition
Jonas and Gabriel
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Who is Caleb?
Definition
a child that was lost and later renamed
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What is "Sameness?"
Definition
the reason there is no snow or hills
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Who was Roberto?
Definition
an old man whose release was celebrated
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When do are people called animals?
Definition
When they are describing an uneducated or clumsy person
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Why was it strange to see an airplane flying overhead at the beginning of the story?
Definition
It's not allowed for airplanes to fly over the community.
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What do families share during the evening ritual?
Definition
their dreams
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What rule do the "Nines" always break?
Definition
the one about waiting till they were nine to ride a bike
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What ceremony is Jonas apprehensive about early in the story?
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The ceremony of the twelves.
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After the ceremony of twelves, the kids get their Assignments, and what is no longer important?
Definition
Their ages
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Why does Jonas take an apple home from the recreation area?
Definition
He wants to see if it will "change" again.
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Which Assignment does Lily's mother think there is little honor in?
Definition
Birthmother
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Who is Jonas's "stirrings" dream about?
Definition
Fiona
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How long must community members take the pills?
Definition
Until they go to the House of the Old
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When Caleb is lost, everyone performs what ceremony?
Definition
the Ceremony of Loss
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What does Asher get teased about at the Ceremony of the Twelves?
Definition
His imprecise use of language
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What does the chief elder say after each Twelve receives his or her assignment?
Definition
"Thank you for your childhood."
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What is Fiona's Assignment?
Definition
To be a Caretaker of the Old.
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What is Jonas's Assignment?
Definition
To be the Receiver of Memory
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When and where does Jonas's training take place?
Definition
After school, with the Giver, away from the rest of the community.
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What is Jonas now permitted to do, as Receiver?
Definition
Lie
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What does the Giver's dwelling contain a lot of?
Definition
Books
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What does the Giver turn off when he is transmitting memories to Jonas?
Definition
The speaker on the wall
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What is Jonas seeing when he sees things "change?"
Definition
color
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Why does Jonas say that people shouldn't be able to make their own choices?
Definition
They might make the wrong choice
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What is the elephant doing in the memory that the Giver transmits to Jonas
Definition
Grieving
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What does Jonas do with Gabe that he won't tell the Giver about?
Definition
He transmits memories to Gabe.
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Why doesn't the Receiver of Memory usually have a family?
Definition
The Receiver is not able to share his life with a family
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When is the Receiver of Memory called upon by the Elders?
Definition
When something happens that they've never experienced before.
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Why doesn't Jonas's mom want him to use the word "love?"
Definition
it is meaningless and imprecise
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When Asher is playing war games, what does Jonas do?
Definition
asks him to stop playing them.
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Lily's Assignment, according to her mother, should be what?
Definition
Storyteller, because she talks too much
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What does the Giver say is the worst part of holding memories?
Definition
The loneliness he feels at not being able to share them with others
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What does the Giver mean that he could "hear beyond" when he was young?
Definition
he could hear music.
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What will happen to the memories Jonas has received from the Giver if Jonas leaves the community?
Definition
They will be released into the community
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How does Jonas hide himself and Gabe when the heat-seeking planes fly over during their escape?
Definition
He transfers a memory of cold
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What does Jonas hear when he reaches his destination?
Definition
people singing
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As Jonas and Gabe head down the hill on the sled, what does Jonas think the people below are doing?
Definition
waiting for he and Gabriel
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Who is Rosemary?
Definition
She was the Giver's daughter, who died by doing her own release
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How does Jonas's father decide which twin to release?
Definition
He weighs them
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What is motivation?
Definition
A force that moves a character to think, feel or act a certain way
Term
What memory does Jonas try (and fail) to transmit to his father and Lily?
Definition
The elephant tending its dead friend
Term
What happens when parents' children move out and get dwellings of their own?
Definition
They become "Childless Adults"
Term
Define science fiction
Definition
It deals with imaginary worlds, and includes scientific principles or theories
Term
Describe the life the community has chosen
Definition
orderly, predictable, painless, etc.
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Who was Katharine?
Definition
A "six" with light eyes that Jonas thought could become the next Receiver
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What is Jonas's worst fear after he leaves the community?
Definition
Starvation
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What memory does the Giver keep to himself until just before Jonas leaves?
Definition
Music
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