Reading Guide 7

Reading Guide 7

 

 

These questions are interpretive questions. They ask you to think about what is happening in the novel and to make an inference.

An inference is a conclusion based on reasons or evidence.

 

Please mark all of the sections that answer the questions in your book.

 

Then, please write a paragraph answer to two of the four questions.

 

1. What does it show about this community that each member is given a number at birth and that they are sometimes referred to by number? (63-64)

 
2. Why do you think the community wants to standardize the behavior of all children up until the age of 12? (65)


3. What do we learn about punishment from the story about Asher? (69)


4. What hint does the author give that makes this punishment seem cruel? (70)

 

 5. When the Chief Elder skips over Jonas, what does he assume the reason is? (72)