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Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
When were the children’s “original numbers” used after the “naming”? (pg. 63)
What “would no longer matter” after this year’s ceremony? (pg. 64)
What have Jonas and his classmates spent all their “years till now” doing? (pg. 65)
What assignment did “Number One” receive? (pg. 65)
What did Jonas remember when Inger received her assignment? (pg. 67)
What are the “instructors of Threes…in charge of”? (pg. 68)
What mistake had Asher made repeatedly when he was younger? (pg. 68-70)
What assignments did Jonas’ friends, Asher and Fiona, receive at the Ceremony? (pg. 70-71)
What happened when it was Jonas’ turn to be called at the Ceremony? (pg. 72)
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
Are all of Jonas’ classmates exactly the same age? (pg. 63-64)
Why might it be necessary for the community to recognize some differences despite their insistence on sameness? (pg. 65)
Why might Jonas recognize that “birthmother was an important job” even if it is “lacking in prestige”? (pg. 67)
What is the implication of the Chief Elder’s words to each new Twelve when she finishes her speech to each of them by saying, “Thank you for your childhood”? (pg. 71)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
What makes a job worthy of honor? Give a good explanation and a reasoned defense of your answer.
Do you think the system of discipline used by the community in training young children is good or bad? Why?
What are the pros and cons to the Community’s system of assigning jobs in the way that they do? Ultimately would you be in favor or in opposition to such a system? Explain your reasoning.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Deuteronomy 8:5 and Proverbs 13:24. Relate these passages to the current reading. In what ways does it commend or condemn practices mentioned in this reading?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Community, Meaning and Purpose, Being Chosen