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The Giver
by
Lois Lowry
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Summary
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 4 Summary
Chapter 5 Summary
Chapter 6 Summary
Chapter 7 Summary
Chapter 8 Summary
Chapter 9 Summary
Chapter 10 Summary
Chapter 11 Summary
Chapter 12 Summary
Chapter 13 Summary
Chapter 14 Summary
Chapter 15 Summary
Chapter 16 Summary
Chapter 17 Summary
Chapter 18 Summary
Chapter 19 Summary
Chapter 20 Summary
Chapter 21 Summary
Chapter 22 Summary
Chapter 23 Summary
Questions & Answers
Themes
Characters
List of Characters
Jonas
Analysis
Analysis
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Historical and Social Context
Connections and Further Reading
Critical Essays
Critical Overview
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The Giver Questions and Answers
The Giver Ceremonies
What are Jonas's rules in The Giver?
In The Giver, what is the job of the Receiver of Memory? Why is it important?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the community from Lois Lowry's The Giver?
What is the Ceremony of Twelve, and why is this the most important ceremony in The Giver?
What are ten main events in The Giver?
What is the plan Jonas and the Giver come up with in The Giver? How does it change?
Identify 3 ways Jonas's society in The Giver is different from ours.
What happens at the end of The Giver?
What is a summary of The Giver from chapters 1–7?
What are some examples of control within the community in The Giver?
What is Jonas's appearance in the book The Giver?
What does release mean in The Giver?
In The Giver, what are the steps to Jonas's plan of escape?
What happened when the previous Receiver in Training failed in The Giver?
Describe two times in the past when The Giver used his memories to advise the Committee of Elders in chapter 14.
In chapter 12 of The Giver, the Giver revealed that he agreed with Jonas about sameness. Which statement in the chapter shows his dislike of it? Which statement shows the opposing views?
In The Giver, what reasons does the Giver give for members of the community not being allowed to make their own choices?
In The Giver, what does Jonas learn from seeing the color red in the apple, the faces of the crowd, Fiona's hair, and the sled?
What are 15 rules in the book The Giver?
What rules of the community are introduced in chapter 1 of The Giver?
In The Giver, what could've happened to the community when they got the memories back? Did they they get all of the memories back? Did Jonas get to Elsewhere?
In The Giver by Lowry, why do they share their dreams every morning?
The Giver Memories
In The Giver, what happens to the apple when Jonas throws it to Asher?
What are the qualities that a Receiver of Memory must have in The Giver?
What happens at each age in the book The Giver?
In the book, The Giver, what does The Giver mean when he says they know nothing?
In the Giver, what happens in the release ceremony?
What happens to the apple while Jonas is playing with it?
In The Giver, how did Jonas react to the children’s war game?
In The Giver, Asher gets a job called Assistant Director of Recreation. What does that job mean?
In The Giver, what is the difference between an annex and a dwelling?
What is the setting of the book The Giver?
In The Giver by Lois Lowry, why does Jonas feel "separateness" after the ceremony?
What happens at the Ceremony of One in The Giver?
How does Jonas learn of love in The Giver?
In The Giver by Lois Lowry, why are twins not acceptable in the community?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Sameness in The Giver.
Why had Asher been punished for confusing the words snack and smacks in The Giver?
What are three disadvantages of sameness in The Giver?
In The Giver, what does Jonas learn about climate control?
Ten years before the events of The Giver, the Committee of Elders failed in their selection of a Receiver. What else happened ten years before? In what way might the two events be connected?
How and when do children go to school in The Giver?
List two questions that the author leaves unanswered at the end of The Giver?
Write an interpretive essay that analyzes literature from the perspective of a quotation. Interpret the quotation and explain how it applies to literature you have read. Include precise language and literary terms. Chosen quote: "The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." —Lois Lowry, The Giver
What is Jonas's assignment in The Giver?
What are some internal or external conflicts that occur in The Giver? Include the chapter and what kind of conflict Jonas encounters.
In The Giver, what was the unidentified aircraft at the beginning of the story?
Precision Of Language
