View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who defends District 13's decision to remain in hiding during the last seventy-five years since the Dark Days?

2. In Chapter 8, what symbolic image did Beetee add to the propos featuring Katniss in District 8?

3. In Chapter 2, why is District 13 mostly an underground community?

4. In Chapter 11, who was the first to volunteer for the rescue mission?

5. In Chapter 9, what type of bird does Katniss sing to while filming in District 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Katniss come to District 12 at the beginning of Chapter 1? What does she see?

2. In Chapter 7, what happens as Katniss and her team leave the hospital at District 8?

3. Where is Katniss living in Chapter 2? What does she think of this place?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, what does Haymitch say when he hears the replay of the propos that Katniss has just made, her first propos as the Mockingjay?

5. In Chapter 5, why does Katniss's prep team begin the process of beautifying her body?

6. In Chapter 4, Katniss discovers that District 13 has taken a few captives of their own. Who does Katniss help to rescue from District 13's prison?

7. In Chapter 11, with whom does Katniss talk about her feelings for Peeta? What does this person have in common with Katniss' current circumstances?

8. Who has designed the Mockingjay uniform Katniss is to wear for all the propos? What item does Katniss discover was also planned for in the uniform the she would not have thought of herself?

9. In Chapter 9, why does Katniss agree to return to District 12?

10. What did Katniss mean when she told the Capitol if 'we burn you burn with us'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where does Katniss find her design team? In what condition are they in? For what reason? Who placed Katniss' team here? What was the purpose of doing this? What does Katniss do about the state of her design team? What warning should Katniss take from the torture and imprisonment of her design team? Does she?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Katniss go to District 2? What is the Nut? Why do the rebels need to take control of the Nut? What does Gale suggest they do to take control of the Nut? What is Katniss' opinion of Gale's plan? What does Katniss think they should do instead? What happens when Capitol supporters begin coming out of the train station at the base of the Nut? How does Katniss think she can control the chaos? What happens when Katniss tries to talk to the frightened Capitol supporters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) The Hunger Games

2) Panem

3) District 13.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,165 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample