<p> Name______Period______The Giver Week 2: Chapters 6-11, Pages 40-87</p><p>Find and write down a short definition for the following words:</p><p> Transgression ______ admonition ______ relinquish ______ conspicuous ______ obsolete ______ congregate ______Answer the following questions. 1. What Rite of Passage occurs and what does that symbolize when a child in The Giver turns:  Seven ______ Eight ______ Nine ______ Ten ______ Eleven ______ Twelve ______</p><p>2. What was different about Gabriel? Who else in the story has the same quality?</p><p>3. Who was in charge of giving the Assignments? Why was Jonas so sure that his would be just right for him? Do you think this system would work in our world today? Why/why not?</p><p>4. What is a Receiver of Memory? What qualities does the Elder say he/she needs? What role do you think the Receiver will play in the community? 5. What does Jonas realize after he reads his Rules? How will these rules change his life?</p><p>6. The Receiver insists that he has honor, but not power. What is the difference?</p><p>Choose one of the prompts below and write one full paragraph explaining your answer. Use the paragraph format you were taught. You may write legibly on this paper.</p><p>1. The Receiver tells Jonas that some things were done away with because they were not practical. Is it important that everything be practical? Why or why not? 2. What is different about the books the Receiver has in his dwelling from the books Jonas has seen? Are the books important? What do they contain? What do they symbolize? 3. What Rites of Passage do we have in our culture, or in other cultures you know about. What do they symbolize? Why are they important?</p>