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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 reaction does Katniss get when she shoots an arrow through the apple in the mouth of a roast pig?
(a) Anger.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Astonishment and disbelief.
(d) Respect.

2. How did the birds respond to Katniss' father when he sang to them?
(a) They stopped to listen.
(b) They fell dead under his spell.
(c) They ignored him.
(d) They sang over him.

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

4. What is unusual about the ladder that lifts Katniss into the hovercraft that will take her to the Hunger Games arena?
(a) It has a force field that keeps her stuck on.
(b) It is too slick to hold on.
(c) It is too short to lift Katniss into the craft.
(d) It is made of gold.

5. Who is Delly Cartwright?
(a) A girl from District Twelve.
(b) An Avox.
(c) A slave.
(d) A girl from District Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business has Katniss' mother begun running from their home?

2. What is District Twelve?

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

4. What is the main component of the outfit Cinna dresses Katniss in for the opening ceremony of the Hunger Games?

5. Why does Effie encourage Peeta and Katniss to continue to wow the audience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a mockingjay? What is Katniss' personal connection to the mockingjays?

2. Why does Katniss give Peeta a kiss after the opening ceremonies? What does Katniss think Peeta is up to with his multiple compliments?

3. Who is Katniss afraid will be called to go to the Hunger Games? Who actually is called? How does Katniss react?

4. What parts of the interview process does Effie teach Katniss? What parts of the interview process does Haymitch teach Katniss?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What happened to Katniss and Gale's fathers? Why are they now the providers in their separate families?

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