The
Giver – Chapter 7
Vocabulary:
Exasperated
50 retroactive 54 acquisition 54 apprehensive 55
Questions:
1. How does
the Ceremony of Twelve start?
2. What do
the numbers mean for each person?
3. Why is
the number 19 skipped in the Assignments?
4. What do you think Jonas’s Assignment will
be? Explain your thoughts.
The
Giver – Chapter 8
Vocabulary:
Crescendo
59 humiliation 59 benign 59 anguish 60
Meticulously
62
Questions:
1. Why do
Jonas and the audience at the Ceremony of Twelve feel nervous or confused at
the start of this chapter?
2. What is
announced as Jonas’ Assignment? What job
does this Assignment involve?
3. What
qualities does the Chief Elder explain Jonas will need?
4. Predict how Jonas’ life will change as he
trains for his new Assignment?
The
Giver – Chapter 9
Vocabulary:
Requisitioned
69 excruciating 70 reeled 71
Questions:
1. What is
it like to feel different? Why is this a
new sensation for Jonas at the start of chapter 9? How is Jonas treated differently by others?
2. What
happened to the Receiver selection that failed?
3. What are
Jonas’ instructions for his Receiver training?
Why are some of the rules puzzling?
4. What is
puzzling to Jonas about the rule regarding lying?
The
Giver – Chapter 10
Vocabulary:
Exhilarating
78 deftly 79
Questions:
1. What
does Jonas notice that is similar and different about the Receiver of Memory’s
dwelling compared to his own?
2. What
will Jonas’ position as Receiver of Memory involve?
3. Why is
it important to save memories in the book?
In your own life?
4. How will the old Receiver transmit the memory
of snow to Jonas?
