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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To keep up public appearances, what does the rest of Panem think the relationship is between Katniss and Gale?

2. How does Peeta help with the family book?

3. What does Katniss promise to do on the tour?

4. Who are the women in the cabin?

5. How does Katniss get back inside District 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Katniss's final six wedding dresses been chosen?

2. Instead of planning escape into the woods, what does Katniss begin to plan as the blizzard keeps them all inside?

3. What does Katniss realize as she sits with the unconscious Gale?

4. What is the first normal activity Peeta and Katniss do together?

5. Why does Gale decide he will not run away into the woods with Katniss?

6. What is Peeta's talent?

7. What does Katniss do when she finds Gale being whipped by the Head Peacekeeper?

8. Why has the President come to Katniss's house?

9. When they reach the Capitol, how does Peeta try to convince Panem that he and Katniss are in love?

10. What does Katniss accidentally learn while at the mayor's house in District 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Haymitch. What are his strengths? What are his flaws? What insights does the reader gain about Haymitch from the tapes of the last Quarter Quell? Explain the bond between Haymitch and Katniss. How do they act toward one another? What deal does Haymitch make to Katniss? How do the events at the end of the novel explain much of his behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Katniss and Peeta's performances for the Gamemakers during their training. Why do they each decide to defy the Games? Why are the Gamemakers separated from the tributes by a force field? How does this come into play later in the novel? Why is Haymitch dismayed when they tell him what they have done? How does this incident unite Peeta and Katniss, though they are still wary of the approaching Games?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Peeta and Gale. Which aspects of Katniss's life do they symbolize? Though they are each from District 12, how are they different? Which of them, if either, do you think Katniss truly loves? How does her relationship with both of them change throughout the events in the novel?

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