1. The giver By :- Fenil Doshi Std:- VIII

2. Questions 1.Explain what are stirrings. 2.Write about the ceremony of Ones/Naming. 3.What is the difference between ‘Murmur of Replacement’ and ‘Ceremony of Release’? 4.Write about the ceremony of Eights. 5. Write about the ceremony of Nines. 6. Write about the ceremony of Tens. 7. Write about the ceremony of Elevens. 8. Write about the ceremony of Twelves.

3. 9. Write about the ‘Capacity to see Beyond’. 10.What was Jonas selected to do? What were the reasons Jonas was selected? 11.What is the difference between assigned and selected? 12.How do people get spouses and children? 13.Why were children given numbers? 14.Explain Jones’s feeling during the ‘Ceremony of Twelves’ when the Elder skipped him?

4. Answers A1.Stirrings are emotions that were created in Jonas’s head during one of his dreams that he had had. This was one of his first feelings that was deep. For not letting the stirrings stay or come back a pill is taken. This pill prevents stirrings from being felt by the person. A2.The ceremony of Ones is also known as the Naming as each child is given a name and is given to parents who had applied for children.

5. A3.The Murmur of replacement is when a child was lost due to some accident and a new child with the same name is given to a family thus this process occurs. The ceremony of release is a process when a person who is very old is released and here it is suggested sent to another community. A4.The ceremony of Eights is when a jacket with smaller buttons is given. The jacket also has a small pocket which is to be shown that they can now keep track of their small belongings. A5.the ceremony of nines is when every nine gets their own bicycle and cycle straight away as their older brothers or sisters always teach them before the ceremony

6. A6. The Ceremony of Tens is only a small ceremony in which the hair of children is trimmed which parents make perfect at night. A7.The ceremony of Elevens doesn’t have many changes the girls get new undergarments and boys longer trousers with a pocket specially made for calculators.