The Giver Chapter 9

What permission surprises Jonas the most?

• Permission to eat fruit
• Permission to ride bicycles
• Permission to be independent
• Permission to lie

What realization does Jonas have in Chapter 9?

• He wonders if everyone is secretly a Receiver

• He wonders if who his birth mother is

• He wonders if everyone is lying

• He wonders if Lily will be the next receiver

What will be different about Jonas' training?

• He won't have to do any training.

• He will be separated from the other Twelves.

• He can do his training at home.

• Father will train him.

Where is Lily going to start her volunteer training?

• Nurturing Center

• House of the Old

• As an instructor of Threes

• At the Fish Hatchery

How do Father and Mother feel about Jonas' job?

• apprehensive

• proud

• shamed

• guilty

What happened to the previous trainee as Receiver of Memory?

• became a birthmmother

• never seen again

• was able to choose a new assignment

• was excused from an assignment

The rules and instructions Jonas receives say that he doesn't have to follow rules about what?

• correct language

• uniform

• rudeness

• newchildren

What can Jonas do now that he is exempt from rudeness?

• a.  Ask any question of any citizen and receive answers.
• b.  Disobey rules.
• c.  Say exactly what he wants.
• d.  Question authority.

As Jonas moves through the throng of people after receiving his Assignment, why do people move aside, watch him, and whisper?

• Jonas is going to be the Chief Elder one day, and that makes people admire him.

• Jonas has been chastised for "Seeing Beyond", and people are ashamed of him.

• Jonas has received the most important Assignment of all, and people are in awe (a feeling of wonder and respect) of him.

• They know Jonas is going to be released, and they feel sorry for him.

What was very different for Jonas after he found out he had been Selected?

• the feeling of togetherness

• the feeling of being superior to others

• the feeling of being united as a community

• the feeling of being apart from everyone else