◼︎ Chapter 4 / pages 33 - 42

  1. Jonas chose not to do most of his volunteer hours with Asher.

    • They’re friends. So, why not?

  2. Which parts of your day are carefully regulated, and which parts free?

  3. What do we learn about Benjamin’s life story?

  4. List at least four places in the Community we’ve seen visited or heard mentioned.

  5. Describe Fiona’s character.

  6. Why might a Twelve not receive her/his Assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve?

  7. Why did Jonas choose to do his volunteer hours in a variety of places?

  8. Describe where Jonas (finally) finds Asher.

  9. What do we know about the man who was “released”?

  10. We don’t learn what actually happens when an Old is “released” — all we learn is that they walk through a door in the Releasing Room.

    • How does that make you feel?

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.

  • A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its residents.

  • A dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.

  • Which aspects of Jonas’s community seem utopian?

  • Which aspects of Jonas’s community seem dystopian?