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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. Why does Katniss refuse to cry in Part 1, Chapter 3 even as she leaves her family and home behind her?
(a) She does not want to appear weak to the other tributes.
(b) She is not sad.
(c) She is afraid once she starts she cannot stop.
(d) She does not want to give the Capitol the satisfaction of breaking her.

2. How does the Avox respond when Katniss tries to apologize in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) She becomes angry and walks away.
(b) She leaves the room without responding.
(c) She gestures that Katniss did the right thing.
(d) She cries.

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

4. What business has Katniss' mother begun running from their home?
(a) A butcher's business.
(b) An apothecary business.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A cleaning service.

5. What does Haymitch consider a rebellion about Peeta and Katniss' actions in the opening ceremonies?
(a) Their fire suits.
(b) Their holding hands.
(c) Their refusal to listen to the president's speech.
(d) Their choice to sit together in the chariot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mode of transportation does Katniss ride after the opening ceremonies that she would like to ride again but feels it might be childish?

3. What does Gale suggest to Katniss they do in Part 1, Chapter 1 as they look ahead to that day's reaping?

4. Why does Katniss think the Avox remembers her from the woods on the day of the girl's capture?

5. What does Katniss think of the meal she shares with Cinna on their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbol does Cinna chose to use to reflect the main industry in District Twelve, coal? What does Cinna call Katniss as he describes the outfit he has chosen for her to wear during the opening ceremony?

2. Why does Katniss fear leaving her sister with her mother? What does Katniss say to her mother to keep her from letting Prim down?

3. How is Katniss and the other tributes prepared and entered into the arena at the start of the games?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. What are the Hunger Games? How did they come about?

8. What confession does Peeta make at the end of the interviews that causes shock and surprise in everyone?

9. Where do Peeta and Katniss meet the first night in the training center? What do they talk about?

10. What did a dandelion represent to Katniss when she was eleven and starving to death? How did Katniss feed her family until she was able to file for tesserae several months later?

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