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Chapter 16

 * 1) How does Jonas learn of love?
 * 2) What clues help you to infer what the unnamed celebration was? When were you certain?
 * 3) Compare the treatment of the Old in the community to their treatment in the family scene Jonas receives as a memory. In your opinion, which shows more care and respect for the aged? Explain your thinking.
 * 4) Do you agree with Jonas that living the way they did in the memory was dangerous? Why or why not?
 * 5) What provokes Jonas’s first lie to his parents?
 * 6) Why does Jonas need to learn the joy of being an individual (special, unique, and proud)?

Chapter 17

 * 1) How are Jonas’s feelings different from his family’s feelings?
 * 2) How is Jonas’s reaction to the children’s game of war a turning point in Jonas’s experience?
 * 3) What does father’s certainty about the birthday of the twins reveal about how births are handled in the community?
 * 4) Everyone seems to accept the idea of releasing a twin simply because it’s a twin in a matter of fact way. How do you feel about this attitude?

Chapter 18

 * 1) 1. Who was Rosemary and what happened to her? Do you think she was brave or cowardly? Why?
 * 2) Contrast The Giver’s feelings for Jonas with Mother’s and Father’s feelings for Jonas.
 * 3) What do you think The Giver means when he says ,”Memories are forever”?
 * 4) What do you think The Giver is thinking about when the narrator says that he is “obviously thinking”?
 * 5) Why is The Receiver’s job so important in the community? What should happen if The Receiver should die?

Chapter 19

 * 1) What shocked Jonas when he viewed his father “releasing” one of the newborn twins?
 * 2) When did you realize what the word “release” means? What clues helped you to come to that conclusion?
 * 3) What did Jonas learn about the community’s prohibition (rule) against lying?
 * 4) What do you think Jonas will do now?