| A | B |
|---|
| live at the nurturing center when this age | 0 |
| number of brothers a boy could have | 0 |
| number of sisters a girl could have | 0 |
| number of people who have an adult twin living in the community | 0 |
| given to a family at this age | 1 |
| this is how many sons a family would have | 1 |
| this is how many daughters a family would have | 1 |
| number of children in a typical family | 2 |
| acquisition of correct language | 3 |
| number of babies a birthmother would have | 3 |
| number of books in the series of companion novels that involve “The Giver” | 3 |
| age one begins to tell of dreams | 3 |
| if you break the rules this many times you are “Released” | 3 |
| maximum number of members in a typical family | 4 |
| number of years children do volunteer hours | 4 |
| number of people living in Jonas’s home during most of the story | 5 |
| number of weeks Rosemary is the “Receiver of Memory” | 5 |
| how many pounds the larger twin weighs | 6 |
| last year with buttons down back | 6 |
| last year with comfort object | 7 |
| Lily’s age when the story begins | 7 |
| last year at the child care center | 7 |
| last year of hair ribbons | 8 |
| first year to do volunteer hours | 8 |
| Lily’s age during most of the story | 8 |
| jackets with smaller buttons and pockets | 8 |
| first year of bicycles | 9 |
| number of years ago that Rosemary was “Receiver of Memory” | 10 |
| adult haircuts | 10 |
| Jonas’s age when the story begins | 11 |
| new clothes, including undergarments | 11 |
| are carefully observed during this year to determine their assignments | 11 |
| begin adult assignments | 12 |
| number of months Jonas is the “Receiver of Memory” | 12 |
| Jonas’s age during most of the story | 12 |
| number of months the story takes place over (approximately) | 13 |
| the age Jonas was turning about the time the book ended | 13 |
| Jonas’s birth number | 19 |
| number of chapters in the book | 23 |
| number of children born each year | 50 |
| number of pages in the book | 180 |
| year the book was published | 1993 |
