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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the place where Panem rose out of the ashes into existence?
(a) Canada.
(b) North America.
(c) South America.
(d) Europe.

2. What gadgets in her bedroom in Part 1, Chapter 6 impress Katniss on her first night there?
(a) The game consol.
(b) The radio.
(c) The television.
(d) The shower options and the hair untangler, brusher.

3. What promise does Prim force Katniss to make before she goes to the Hunger Games?
(a) That she will write every day.
(b) That she will try to come back.
(c) That she will die a good death.
(d) That she will protect Peeta.

4. What do the rules of the Hunger Games say about the number of winners?
(a) If the final two are from the same district, they both win.
(b) Only a tribute from the district with the most sponsors can win.
(c) There can only be one.
(d) One boy and one girl can win.

5. What is tesserae?
(a) Adding one's name additional times to the reaping in exchange for oil and grain.
(b) The order mandating all citizens watch the reaping.
(c) A weapon used in the Hunger Games.
(d) The random selection of tributes' names during the reaping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the pin Madge gives Katniss to wear in the arena?

2. What one talent does Peeta have that Katniss feels he might be able to use in the arena?

3. How often do high scoring tributes win the Hunger Games?

4. Who is Cinna?

5. Why does Katniss wake early the first morning in the training center?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Haymitch punch Peeta in the face? Why does Haymitch tell Peeta he should allow a bruise to form and show on his face?

2. What event is about to take place in District Twelve at the beginning of the book? Why does the entire town show up for this event?

3. What skill does Peeta talk up about Katniss to Haymitch? How does Katniss respond to this praise?

4. What activity are Katniss and Gale participating in at the beginning of the novel? For what reason are they doing this? What dangers are posed by their actions?

5. What surprise visitors does Katniss get in the hour before she is due to leave for the Hunger Games? What reason do these people give for visiting her?

6. What point of view does the author use to write this novel? From whose point of view is the novel told?

7. What instruction does Cinna give to Katniss and Peeta as their chariot begins to take its place in the opening ceremony procession? How does the audience react to this act?

8. Why does Katniss become angry with Peeta after his announcement at the end of Part 2, Chapter 9? How does she react to Peeta alone?

9. What is unusual about the childhood of Katniss' mother? How does this connect Peeta and Katniss?

10. How has Haymitch dealt with Katniss and Peeta's training up until Part 1, Chapter 8? What suddenly changes at the end of Part 1, Chapter 8?

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