November 19, 2007
Confusing Words Quiz
Read and answer questions about The Giver, chapters 6-8.
See the previous blog for questions for Chapter 6.
Chapter 7
1. How would you characterize (describe) the chief elder?
2. What do you think of the ritual of thanking people – for example, for their feelings, their dreams, and their childhood? Should our society adopt this ritual?
3. Do the assignments given out seem appropriate to you? Explain.
4. Why do you think the Chief Elder skips Jonas? Give as many possibilities as you can.
Chapter 8
1. What is unusual about The Receiver? What else in the book can you connect this to? What meaning do you find in this?
2. What makes choosing a Receiver especially difficult?
3. What do you think a Receiver of Memory might do? Could anyone in our country/culture be considered a Receiver of Memory? In other countries/cultures that you know?
4. Imagine that you are Jonas. What questions do you want to ask The Receiver when you meet him?
Ms. Dorsey will be gone, so extra credit is available to students who are well behaved for the substitute. I'm going to New York City with the American Fork High School Marching Band.
Have a very happy Thanksgiving!
