1. What are Jonas and the other children taught to be careful about?
2. At the start of the book, what word does Jonas use to describe his feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve?
3. What evening ritual does the family perform after dinner?
4. What do older siblings do for younger siblings, even though it’s technically against the rules?
5. How is official news disseminated to the members of Jonas’ community?
6. How many children are born in Jonas’ community each year?
7. Why is the Ceremony of Twelve so important?
8. After Gabe comes to live with the family, what job does seven-year-old Lily say she’d like to have?
9. What is unusual about Jonas and the newchild (Gabriel)?
10. What food item did Jonas once take home from school because it seemed to “change” as he looked at it?
11. Why is it considered okay for Jonas to see Larissa naked at the House of the Old?
12. In the bathing room, what does Larissa tell Jonas about?
13. What are the “Stirrings” that people take daily pills to control?
14. In exchange for taking care of Gabriel, all members of Jonas’ family have to sign a statement promising not to _____________.
15. What is given to a family whose son was lost in the river?
16. What happened when Jonas’s number should have been called?
17. How long has it been since the last Receiver was selected?
18. What are the four qualities the Chief Elder say the Receiver of Memory must have?
19. At the Ceremony of Twelve, the crowd accepts Jonas as the new Receiver of Memory by _______________.
20. What happened when Jonas was looking out at the crowd?
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