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| short narrative about an amusing incident |
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| Define the Capacity to See Beyond |
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| a quality the Receiver of Memory must have |
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| Who is a Nurturer in this story |
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| name for any place outside Jonas's community |
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| a hint at events which will happen later |
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| What two characters have light eyes? |
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| a child that was lost and later renamed |
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| the reason there is no snow or hills |
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| an old man whose release was celebrated |
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| When do are people called animals? |
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| When they are describing an uneducated or clumsy person |
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| Why was it strange to see an airplane flying overhead at the beginning of the story? |
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| It's not allowed for airplanes to fly over the community. |
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| What do families share during the evening ritual? |
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| What rule do the "Nines" always break? |
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| the one about waiting till they were nine to ride a bike |
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| What ceremony is Jonas apprehensive about early in the story? |
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| The ceremony of the twelves. |
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| After the ceremony of twelves, the kids get their Assignments, and what is no longer important? |
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| Why does Jonas take an apple home from the recreation area? |
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| He wants to see if it will "change" again. |
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| Which Assignment does Lily's mother think there is little honor in? |
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| Who is Jonas's "stirrings" dream about? |
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| How long must community members take the pills? |
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| Until they go to the House of the Old |
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| When Caleb is lost, everyone performs what ceremony? |
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| What does Asher get teased about at the Ceremony of the Twelves? |
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| His imprecise use of language |
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| What does the chief elder say after each Twelve receives his or her assignment? |
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| "Thank you for your childhood." |
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| What is Fiona's Assignment? |
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| To be a Caretaker of the Old. |
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| What is Jonas's Assignment? |
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| To be the Receiver of Memory |
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| When and where does Jonas's training take place? |
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| After school, with the Giver, away from the rest of the community. |
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| What is Jonas now permitted to do, as Receiver? |
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| What does the Giver's dwelling contain a lot of? |
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| What does the Giver turn off when he is transmitting memories to Jonas? |
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| What is Jonas seeing when he sees things "change?" |
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| Why does Jonas say that people shouldn't be able to make their own choices? |
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| They might make the wrong choice |
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| What is the elephant doing in the memory that the Giver transmits to Jonas |
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| What does Jonas do with Gabe that he won't tell the Giver about? |
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| He transmits memories to Gabe. |
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| Why doesn't the Receiver of Memory usually have a family? |
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| The Receiver is not able to share his life with a family |
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| When is the Receiver of Memory called upon by the Elders? |
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| When something happens that they've never experienced before. |
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| Why doesn't Jonas's mom want him to use the word "love?" |
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| it is meaningless and imprecise |
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| When Asher is playing war games, what does Jonas do? |
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| asks him to stop playing them. |
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| Lily's Assignment, according to her mother, should be what? |
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| Storyteller, because she talks too much |
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| What does the Giver say is the worst part of holding memories? |
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| The loneliness he feels at not being able to share them with others |
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| What does the Giver mean that he could "hear beyond" when he was young? |
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| What will happen to the memories Jonas has received from the Giver if Jonas leaves the community? |
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| They will be released into the community |
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| How does Jonas hide himself and Gabe when the heat-seeking planes fly over during their escape? |
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| He transfers a memory of cold |
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| What does Jonas hear when he reaches his destination? |
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| As Jonas and Gabe head down the hill on the sled, what does Jonas think the people below are doing? |
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| waiting for he and Gabriel |
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| She was the Giver's daughter, who died by doing her own release |
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| How does Jonas's father decide which twin to release? |
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| A force that moves a character to think, feel or act a certain way |
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| What memory does Jonas try (and fail) to transmit to his father and Lily? |
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| The elephant tending its dead friend |
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| What happens when parents' children move out and get dwellings of their own? |
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| They become "Childless Adults" |
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| It deals with imaginary worlds, and includes scientific principles or theories |
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| Describe the life the community has chosen |
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| orderly, predictable, painless, etc. |
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| A "six" with light eyes that Jonas thought could become the next Receiver |
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| What is Jonas's worst fear after he leaves the community? |
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| What memory does the Giver keep to himself until just before Jonas leaves? |
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