Across
- 1. The expectation that citizens follow rules without question or individuality (1 word)
- 3. The practice Jonas reflects on when he realizes others misunderstand real emotions (3 words)
- 8. The brutal reality Jonas recognizes behind the children’s pretend battle game (1 word)
- 9. The community’s term for what is truly death (1 word)
- 10. The silly pet name Father uses that embarrasses Jonas (1 word)
- 11. What Jonas can now see clearly everywhere after receiving memories (1 word)
- 14. The newborns Father must weigh to decide which one will stay (2 words)
- 16. The voice that makes announcements and communicates instructions (1 word)
- 20. The place Jonas plans to leave his bicycle and begin his escape (1 word)
- 21. What the community would experience if all the memories suddenly returned (1 word)
- 25. What The Giver could hear that no one else in the community could (1 word)
- 26. The loneliness that comes from carrying memories no one else can share (1 word)
- 28. What the community members lose when memories return to them (1 word)
- 29. The unknown place beyond the community where release sends people (1 word)
- 30. The private event where a person is officially “released” (3 words)
- 31. A quality Jonas will need in order to escape successfully (1 word)
Down
- 2. The place where newchildren are raised and cared for (1 word)
- 4. The instrument used during a release to inject the lethal liquid (1 word)
- 5. The newchild who says “Gay” and has begun to walk (1 word)
- 6. Asher’s future job in charge of organizing games (3 words)
- 7. The ritual used when a community member is declared lost (3 words)
- 12. What overwhelms Jonas as he realizes his childhood and friendships are slipping away (1 word)
- 13. The name of the previous Receiver-in-training (1 word)
- 15. The event where Jonas was selected as Receiver (3 words)
- 17. The chant the community performs when someone is declared gone forever (3 words)
- 18. The rare ability The Giver once had that allowed him to hear music (1 word)
- 19. The leader of the community to whom Rosemary applied for release (1 word)
- 22. The physical feelings Jonas experiences after he stops taking the pills (1 word)
- 23. Jonas’s Assignment, responsible for holding the community’s memories (1 word)
- 24. The burden Jonas must carry for everyone else (1 word)
- 27. The system of control that eliminates differences, deep emotions, and true choice in the community (1 word)
