◼︎ Chapter 22 / pages 214 - 218
 ◼︎ Chapter 23 / pages 219 - 225

  1. “Tentatively [Jonas] began to ride in daylight.” What does tentatively mean?

    • Hint: You may need to look up tentative.

  2. What “new fears” does Jonas encounter? (p. 215)

  3. Gabrielle points and says “plane”! (p. 215)

    • Why did Gabrielle call what he saw a a plane?

  4. What do you think the reddish-brown animal with a bushy tail was? (p. 216)

  5. It became a struggle for Jonas to pedal the bicycle. (p. 218)

    • Why?

  6. What new weather conditions do Jonas and Gabrielle encounter at the beginning of Chapter 23?

  7. Warming himself ever so briefly had shaken away his lethargy and resignation and restored his will to survive. What does lethargy mean?

  8. What does resignation mean?

  9. What does Jonas find at the top of the hill? (pp. 223 - 224)

  10. What see/hear Jonas find at the bottom of the hill? (p. 225)

NOTE: In the 4th quarter, the ABCD answers are now 10 points (instead of 3)

ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may also need the points if you’ve dropped points for questions 1-10.

  • The Giver end with this short, two-sentencd paragraph:

  • “Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.”

  • How do you understand the ending?