The Giver Chapter 10-12

Why was The Receiver of Memory's door locked?

• to insure The Receiver's privacy, so he could concentrate
• to keep out children under the age of twelve
• to stop people from ever seeing The Receiver in person
• to make sure The Receiver's memories could never be stolen

What was furniture like throughout the community?

• standard, practical, and sturdy with a clear purpose
• cheaply made, but expensive to buy
• made from the thickest and most luxurious fabrics
• there was no furniture in the community

What was the most obvious difference that Jonas noticed in The Receiver's office?

• the furniture
• the lighting
• the lack of windows
• the books

What does The Receiver say his job is to do?

• transmit all of the memories of the past to Jonas
• to only transmit all of the community's bad dreams to Jonas
• transmit all of the good memories to the community
• transmit all of the world's secret problems to Jonas

How does The Receiver feel about re-experiencing memories of the past?

• He feels empowered with knowledge.
• He feels weighted with them.
• He feels special being the only one to have them.
• He feels sad that Jonas will take over as the new Receiver.

What analogy did The Receiver use to describe his life to Jonas?

• riding a roller-coaster that never ends
• swimming against the current without making any progress
• being locked in a dark cave away from everyone
• going downhill through deep snow on a sled

What was different about the speaker in The Receiver's office, which Jonas thought was astonishing?

• It did not have any wires attached to it.
• It had a switch that could turn the voice off.
• It could translate the voice into different languages.
• It played Pandora at all times.

When did hills stop existing in Jonas's community?

• when the community went to Sameness
• when the hills randomly began starting on fire
• when someone died from rolling down one of them
• when the previous Receiver experienced them in a memory

When the old man transmits a memory to Jonas, what happens to that memory?

• It becomes less specific each time it is transmitted.
• It is forgotten immediately after the experience.
• It is experienced by both of them at the same time.
• It becomes Jonas's memory, and it no longer belongs to the old man.

Why does Jonas's community have Climate Control?

• because scientists had predicted an ice age would happen
• because it is cheaper 
• because some weather conditions had made things difficult
• because everyone always preferred a constant temperature