The Giver 19

Study Guide Questions for Ch. 21

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Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)

Courage

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. What did Jonas hope the Giver would know because of his capacity to “hear beyond?”

2. What happened that forced Jonas to change the original plan of escape?

3. What four things had Jonas done which would guarantee his condemnation by the Community if he was caught?

4. In what manner did Jonas travel in hopes of avoiding detection?

5. What was “the most terrifying thing” to Jonas as he sought to escape?

6. How did Jonas avoid detection from the “heat-seeking devices?”

7. What was happening to the memories as Jonas continually got further from the Community?

Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)

1. Why might Jonas have felt “no fear, nor any regret at leaving the community behind?”

2. What is the statement made by Jonas’ Father, “It’s bye-bye to you, Gabe, in the morning” meant to make the reader feel?

3. Why did Jonas not want “anything of his father’s?”

4. Why might the planes have been especially terrifying to Jonas? Consider what was mentioned about a plane earlier in the book.

5. What factors might have contributed to the planes coming “less often” and more “haphazard” in their search?

Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)

1. Due to unexpected circumstances, Jonas was forced to abandon the plan that he and the giver had so meticulously developed. Given the uncertainties of life, how important is it to make plans and preparations for the future? To what extent ought we to make plans and preparations for the future versus just simply take it one day at a time as life comes to us? What are the goods and dangers associated with both approaches to life and how should we balance their risks and rewards?

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read Proverbs 6:6-11, Matthew 6:25-34, and Luke 12:13-21 and relate these to Jonas’ situation and the above Rhetoric question.