The Giver Test Flashcards
What is the role of birthmothers in the community?
Birthmothers spend 3 years and most have three children, and them become laborers until they are old.
What look does Jonas have and what might it represent.
Jonas has pale eyes, and could receive memories. He can also see beyond.
What did Jonas know about the apple he was tossing.
It was red
What did Lily do for her volunteer hours? Jonas, Asher, Fiona?
Lily worked at the nurturing center. Jonas, Asher and Fiona worked at the house of the old.
What was Jonas’s families morning ritual? Why was this hard for him?
Jonas’s family shared their dreams and it was hard for Jonas, because he rarely dreamed.
What did the nines get at their Ceremony?
The nines get bikes.
What was Jonas’s pleasurable dream? What did he do to get rid of them?
Jonas got stirrings, and had to take a pill daily to stop them.
After what age would age no longer matter?
Twelve
Why did Asher get smacked a lot when he was three?
Asher would say smack instead of snack. This was a precision of language.
How do the elevens receive their assignments?
They are observed by the committee of elders.
How does Jonas feel when the Chief Elder passes him.
He feels shameful because he hasn’t been chosen.
What was in Jonas’s instruction folder? What was the final rule on his instruction sheet? Why was that surprising to him?
He was allowed to lie. That was surprising because it was considered a major transgression.
What was the job of the Receiver of Memory?
The receiver gets all of the memories from the past so the community doesn’t experience them.
What happens at a releasing ceremony? Think the old.
They have a ceremony about the person’s life and then they inject them with a formula.
What was the first memory Jonas got? What was the first pain Jonas got? What was the first REAL pain?
Sliding down a sled, then a sunburn, and crashing a sled.
