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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. When Katniss says she is full, what does the prep team suggest she do?

2. What does Gale confess in the cabin?

3. What does President Snow think Katniss feels for Peeta?

4. What is the focus of District 11?

5. "Catching Fire" takes place at what point in Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games series?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Peeta's talent?

2. What does Katniss realize as she sits with the unconscious Gale?

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

4. How have Katniss's final six wedding dresses been chosen?

5. What is the first normal activity Peeta and Katniss do together?

6. Why is there tension between Katniss and Peeta?

7. What happens in District 12 after the blizzard?

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

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

10. What is Katniss's "talent"?

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

Compare and contrast Peeta and Gale. Which aspects of Katniss's life do they symbolize? Though they are each from District 12, how are they different? Which of them, if either, do you think Katniss truly loves? How does her relationship with both of them change throughout the events in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Katniss's emotional journey throughout the novel. What are her most significant moments? Does she figure out her feelings for Peeta, or Gale, or both? How does Katniss's instinct for survival conflict with her capacity for love? Examine her emotional revelations:

1) While on the Victory Tour.

2) Upon return to District 12.

3) After learning she will return to the arena.

4) After the events of the Quarter Quell Games.

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