Chapters 9 &10 "The Giver"

What is the downside of Jonas's new position?

• Pressure

• Lack of respect

• Isolation

What permission surprises Jonas the most?

• Permission to lie

• Permission to eat the red apple

• Permission to live with the current Giver

How much recreation time is Jonas permitted?

• 30 minutes per day

• None

• only during training hours

• 10 minutes

How might Jonas’s selection as The Receiver impact his relationships with his friends and family?

• For the first time, he feels like he is on his own instead of part of a larger group. The people in his life seem to sense this and are behaving differently toward him as a result

• For the first time, he sees himself as being better and more powerful than others.

• For the first time, he realizes that he will be released.

Which of the 8 rules shows that Jonas' job will cause him to feel pain and want to be released due to the difficultness of the job?

• Rule #1

• Rule #4

• Rule #5

• Rule #7

Consider the following quotation: “What if others — adults — had, upon becoming Twelves, received in their instructions the same terrifying sentence?” (71)

What does this reveal about Jonas?

• Jonas is realizing that everyone in society is truthful beside The Giver and Receiver of Memory.

• Jonas is beginning to feel excited that he could lie about his training.

• Jonas is beginning to question his society. Now that he knows he has permission to lie, he is beginning to wonder if he’s been lied to before.

“She looked up when he entered; then, to his surprise, she stood. It was a small thing, the standing; but no one had ever stood automatically to acknowledge Jonas’s presence before.” (73)

What does this reveal about Jonas?

• It reveals that Jonas is commanding respect from others.

• It reveals that Jonas is now considered to be an important person in the community. His presence commands respect.

• It reveals that Jonas is being treated differently than his friends.

The Receiver having locks on his door makes Jonas feel uncomfortable. Why does it have that effect?

• Jonas knows that something is being hidden from him.

• Privacy is not common within this community. Citizens are expected to share everything.

• The attendant is out to get Jonas, because she is jealous of his position.

Consider this quotation from The Receiver: "'It's the memories of the whole world,' he said with a sigh. 'Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him.'" (77)

How does this statement affect Jonas's view of his community?

• Jonas realizes he doesn't know much about life outside of the community.

• Jonas realizes his community is out to get him and wants him to fail.

• Jonas sees the community trying to protect the people from the outside world.

What is the best meaning of “diminish” as it is used in the following passage on page 76?

“‘The failure of the previous selection was ten years ago, and my energy is starting to diminish. I need what strength I have remaining for your training. We have hard and painful work to do, you and I.’”

• Grow

• Lessen

• Spread

• Settle