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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. Who does Katniss hear Cato promising to kill in Part 2, Chapter 16?

2. What does Katniss believe the Gamemakers will do now that there are only three tributes left?

3. Who sneaks Katniss a roll at dinner in Part 3, Chapter 26?

4. What item does Katniss tell Rue in Part 2, Chapter 16 that she plans to steal from the Careers' supplies?

5. What does Rue tell Katniss the sunglasses in her backpack are used for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Katniss force the Gamemakers to honor their change in the rules of the Hunger Games?

2. What does Katniss find when she goes searching for Rue? How does Katniss react in this situation in Part 2, Chapter 17?

3. What are muttations? Whose voices and eyes do these mutts have?

4. Why does Katniss return to the site of the Careers' camp after the tracker jacker attack? Who helps her escape from Cato?

5. What item is Katniss in search of during the second day in the games? Why has this become an urgent need for Katniss?

6. Who dies in Part 3, Chapter 24? How?

7. How do the Careers react to the loss of their food? What does Katniss do in the aftermath of the explosion?

8. What causes Katniss' first real injury in the Hunger Games arena?

9. What does Katniss tell Peeta as they travel home to District Twelve at the end of the novel? How does he feel about this? How does she feel about this?

10. Katniss tells Peeta the story of how she bought Prim's goat for her, but lies about how she got the money. How did she really get the money? Why did she lie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three government created creatures in this novel. Include their name, why/how they were developed, and the effect they had within the Hunger Games arena.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the training at the Training Center in the Capitol. What are Peeta and Katniss instructed to do during training that is unusual to the Hunger Games? What skills do each of the tributes exhibit, and what does this reveal about them? Compare/contrast Peeta's performance at the training center with Katniss'.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of an alliance within the Hunger Games. How common are they? Why forms one in the 74th Hunger Games, and why? Are all alliances convincing, or do some seem staged? What are the benefits and draw backs from forming an alliance in the Hunger Games?

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