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1 . In the first chapter, why is the Pilot released from the community?
2 . Why does Jonas decide that “apprehensive” is a better word for his feeling than “frightened”?
3. What does Jonas’s mother do for a living?
4. Which rule is most frequently broken in Jonas’s community?
5 . Why does Jonas’s mother discourage Lily from becoming a Birthmother?
6. Why does Jonas worry about Asher’s Assignment?
7 . Why is Gabriel in danger of being released?
8 . What do the numbers assigned to each child signify?
9 . Why does the Chief Elder apologize to the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve?
10. How does the community react to the death of a child in the river?
11 . Where did the Giver get his wisdom?
12 . Which of the following was not written on Jonas’s Assignment sheet?
13 . What method does the Giver use to train Jonas?
14 . What are Stirrings?
15 . What is the first memory Jonas receives?
16 . Why is Lily skeptical of Jonas’s story about the elephants?
17 . What was the name of the failed Receiver who was chosen ten years ago?
18 . Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release?
19 . How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?
20 . Why do Jonas’s parents refuse to tell him that they love him?
21 . Why does Jonas interrupt his friends’ game of good guys and bad guys?
22 . Why does the Nurturing Center release one of every set of identical twins?
23 . Why does Jonas leave the community before the time he and the Giver had planned?
24 . How does Jonas keep the search planes from finding him and Gabriel?
