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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. With whom does Peeta want to discuss Katniss's plan?

3. What does Gale confess in the cabin?

4. What gift does Gale refuse to accept?

5. Where does Katniss meet Gale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Peeta's talent?

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

3. Why is there tension between Katniss and Peeta?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Katniss's "talent"?

9. How does Katniss's mother transform in a sickroom?

10. Why has the President come to Katniss's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the country of Panem. How is its society structured? What are the functions of the districts? Why are those in the Capitol privileged when most others live in poverty? Can Panem be called an example of a dystopian society? Why or why not?

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