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About This Passage
This is the sentence where the whole careful plan turns into a sudden escape. Jonas has to leave his home at night, in the dark, when the community is quiet — and he has to do it now, because tomorrow morning Gabriel will be released. The word 'flee' tells us Jonas is running away, not walking away. Writing this sentence by hand lets a child feel the weight of the three small words 'forced to flee' — Jonas did not choose this night; the night chose him.
Jonas was forced to flee. He left the dwelling shortly after the sky became dark and the community still.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell back what happens in this chapter in three parts. First, what Jonas learns at the evening meal when Father says Gabriel will be released in the morning. Second, how Jonas takes Gabriel and the bicycle and leaves. Third, what happens when the search planes come looking for them.
Discussion Questions
- Why did Jonas take Gabriel with him when he ran away? How do you know, from the evening meal part of the story, that Jonas had to decide quickly?
- Jonas uses his memories to help Gabriel fall asleep in the bicycle seat. What memory does Jonas give Gabriel? How do you know that the memory helps Gabriel right away?
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Item 1
To run away from danger as fast as you can.
Item 2
Went away from a place.
Item 3
Without light, like the sky at nighttime.
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