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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. What does Katniss worry that President Snow has captured on camera?

2. At the President's party, what is Katniss's main interest?

3. What is Katniss's new "talent"?

4. What does the crowd do after Katniss's speech?

5. What does Katniss decide to do after saving Gale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suspicions do Bonnie and Twill have about District 13?

2. What does Plutarch Heavensbee show Katniss while they are dancing together?

3. What is the main reason Katniss does not want to have children?

4. What does Katniss accidentally learn while at the mayor's house in District 12?

5. What does Katniss do when she finds Gale being whipped by the Head Peacekeeper?

6. What happens in District 12 after the blizzard?

7. What is the Victor's Village?

8. Instead of planning escape into the woods, what does Katniss begin to plan as the blizzard keeps them all inside?

9. Why must Katniss and Peeta eventually marry?

10. Why does Gale decide he will not run away into the woods with Katniss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of setting and description in "Catching Fire." What role does the setting play in the plot of the novel? Why are time and place so important? How does the author make use of the science fiction/fantasy genre to tell her story? Do you think the same story could have been told using a different platform? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the point of view in "Catching Fire." What is the tense? Do you think is it helpful for Katniss to be telling the story? Why or why not? Do you think a different point of view could have been more effective or not? How does the point of view add to the suspense and action? Choose two moments in the novel when you think the point of view is effective and explain your choices.

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Cinna. Though he was apparently randomly assigned to be Katniss's stylist in the first Hunger Games book, do you think Cinna is Katniss's designer by accident? Why or why not? Where do you think Cinna's sympathies lie? Look back at each of the costumes he creates for Katniss. In a few paragraphs, explain the symbolism of the costumes and what you think Cinna had hoped to accomplish.

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