The Giver Chapter 17-23

Why does Jonas now classify his family’s emotions of “anger” and “sadness” as shallow and unreal?

• Because he realizes that his family has an easy life.

• Because now he has memories, so he knows with certainty what anger and real sadness (grief) are.

• Because they told him during the telling of feelings.

What type of game are Jonas’s friends playing on the unscheduled holiday?

• War game

• Chess

• Baseball

What job would Lily's mother choose for her?

• Security Guard

• Storyteller

• Nurturer

• Birthmother

What was the last Receiver's-in-training name?

• Annamarie

• Rosemary

• Jacob

• James

What was the cause of her failure?

• She got bored with her assignment because she found no meaning in it.

• She could not bear the happiness of the memories that created pleasure.

• She could not bear the pain of the memories that created anguish (pain, agony)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where did she go?

• She became a Birthmother

• She asked to be released.

• She escaped the community.

• She was assigned a new assignment in a different community.

What does Jonas decide he wants to witness?

• A "release"

• A trial

• A surgical precidure

Where did Jonas's father stick the needle into the newborn twin?

• In his back

• On top of his forehead

• In his arm

• In his leg

What does it mean to be released?

• To be sent to a different community

• To be freed from the apprehensive community

• To be killed

What time of the day or night would Jonas leave?

• In the early morning

• In the evening

• Middle of the night