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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. Which year did Haymitch win the Games?

2. What does Katniss learn about Mags from Johanna?

3. What does Peeta want the three of them to do in preparation for the Games?

4. Who saves Peeta from the mutt monkey?

5. What shocking announcement does Peeta make during the interview?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Mags sacrifices herself during the flight from the fog?

2. What does Katniss learn from Beetee and Wiress on the first training day?

3. What do Katniss and Peeta show the Gamemakers to receive their scores?

4. Why does Beetee compare Wiress to a canary in a coal mine?

5. Why has Johanna saved Beetee and Wiress?

6. Why is Katniss so suspicious of Finnick's wish to form an alliance?

7. What does Peeta insist the three of them do prior to the reaping?

8. How has the arena been arranged similarly to a clock?

9. After watching Haymitch's victory in the last Quarter Quell, what does Katniss realize?

10. What pattern does Katniss notice about everyone's treatment of Peeta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the Quarter Quell Games different from other years of Hunger Games? Could Panem's political climate have affected the rules of these Games? Why or why not? Are these particular Games popular with the people? Why or why not? What could President Snow be hoping to accomplish with these Games? How does the tributes' display of unity after the interviews undermine this agenda?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Katniss and Peeta's performances for the Gamemakers during their training. Why do they each decide to defy the Games? Why are the Gamemakers separated from the tributes by a force field? How does this come into play later in the novel? Why is Haymitch dismayed when they tell him what they have done? How does this incident unite Peeta and Katniss, though they are still wary of the approaching Games?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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