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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mode of transportation does Katniss ride after the opening ceremonies that she would like to ride again but feels it might be childish?
(a) A subway train.
(b) A shuttle bus.
(c) An escalator.
(d) A crystal elevator.

2. Who are Career tributes?
(a) Tributes from districts that specialize in professional industries.
(b) Trainers who teach the other tributes how to fight and win the games.
(c) Paid volunteers who are hired by rich families to take their children's places in the games.
(d) Tributes from the richer districts who train year round for the games and feel going to the games is an honor.

3. What does Katniss think of Peeta's actions?
(a) Peeta is devious and is trying to trick her into friendship.
(b) Peeta is in love with the notoriety he has just gained as a tribute.
(c) Peeta is fighting hard to live, which means he is fighting hard to kill her.
(d) Peeta is honestly a good guy.

4. What is the Seam?
(a) The section of District Twelve where the coal miners live.
(b) The end of the earth.
(c) The edge of District Twelve's boundary.
(d) The illegal trading post in District Twelve.

5. What happens to the arenas that were built specifically for the Hunger Games after the games are over?
(a) They are turned into tourist attractions.
(b) They are left to ruin.
(c) They are turned into memorial sites for the dead tributes.
(d) They are destroyed and rebuilt for the following year's games.

6. Who tells Katniss to focus on him during the interview to help her feel more comfortable?
(a) Gale.
(b) Haymitch.
(c) Peeta.
(d) Cinna.

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

8. What is Katniss' design team doing to her as Part 1, Chapter 5 begins?
(a) Polishing her teeth.
(b) Shaping her nails.
(c) Scrubbing the dirt from her skin.
(d) Removing all the hair on her body.

9. What gift does the baker bring Katniss when he comes to say goodbye?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Money.
(c) A cake.
(d) A locket.

10. What helps calm Katniss in the early morning hours of the first full day at the training center?
(a) A long talk with Effie.
(b) A good breakfast.
(c) Clothing that resemble what she wore back home.
(d) Peeta's presence.

11. What does Gale suggest to Katniss they do in Part 1, Chapter 1 as they look ahead to that day's reaping?
(a) Kill Effie Trinket.
(b) Steal the collection of names from which the tributes will be chosen.
(c) Form a rebellion.
(d) Run away.

12. What is the main goal of getting a high score from the Gamemakers in the individual demonstrations?
(a) Release from the games.
(b) To get gifts from the Gamemakers.
(c) Sponsors.
(d) To intimidate the other tributes.

13. Whose is the first name called in the reaping?
(a) Haymitch Abernathy.
(b) Primrose Everdeen.
(c) Peeta Mellark.
(d) Katniss Everdeen.

14. What is District Twelve?
(a) An agricultural community in Panem.
(b) An industrial community in Panem.
(c) A fishing community in Panem.
(d) A coal mining community in Panem.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What beverage does Katniss try for the first time aboard the train taking her to the Capitol?

3. What reason does Peeta give to Katniss for waving at the crowd when the train arrives in the Capitol?

4. What is the Hob?

5. What weapon does Katniss have hidden in the woods which she uses to hunt with?

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