The Giver Ch. 20 - 23 Questions

Jonas wondered if other adults are allowed to lie. After seeing Jonas’s father’s “Ceremony of Release” for the twin, what do you think the answer to that question is?

Why doesn’t Jonas want to go home after he sees the release of the twin?

Before the Giver became the Receiver, instead of beginning to see the color red, like Jonas, what did the Giver begin to hear?

What do Jonas and the Giver plan to do on the day of the December Ceremony?

What do Jonas and the Giver expect to happen when Jonas is gone?

Do you think the plan to return the memories to the community will work (will the memories return to the community)? Why or why not?

Why doesn’t the Giver plan to go with Jonas? 

Why does Jonas leave earlier than he and the Giver had planned?

What does Jonas take with him that he and the Giver hadn’t planned on? 

What does Jonas’s community use to search for him?