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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 does Katniss think will happen to her and Peeta's friendship strategy once they are in the arena?
(a) It will continue to intimidate the competition.
(b) It will help them make alliances.
(c) It will blow up in their faces.
(d) It will help them win sponsors.

2. What is the Seam?
(a) The end of the earth.
(b) The edge of District Twelve's boundary.
(c) The illegal trading post in District Twelve.
(d) The section of District Twelve where the coal miners live.

3. Why does Katniss think the Avox remembers her from the woods on the day of the girl's capture?
(a) You do not forget your last friend.
(b) You do not forget your last hope.
(c) You do not forget your last conversation.
(d) You do not forget your last living relative.

4. What is katniss?
(a) A plant with tubers that can be eaten like potatoes.
(b) A tree that grows small, red fruits.
(c) A bush that attracts wild cats.
(d) A flower with tiny blue petals.

5. What score does Peeta get from the individual demonstrations with the Gamemakers?
(a) Five.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is on board the train with the tributes from District Twelve whose job it is to care for them?

2. How did the birds respond to Katniss' father when he sang to them?

3. What can Prim sell that will help she and her mother survive?

4. When Katniss and Peeta watch the recap of their own reaping, what causes them to laugh?

5. How does the Avox respond when Katniss tries to apologize in Part 1, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What point of view does the author use to write this novel? From whose point of view is the novel told?

2. What does Katniss think of Cinna when she first meets him? What does Cinna tell her about himself at their initial meeting?

3. Why does Katniss grow angry with the Gamemakers during the individual exhibition of skills? What does she do about it?

4. What symbol does Cinna chose to use to reflect the main industry in District Twelve, coal? What does Cinna call Katniss as he describes the outfit he has chosen for her to wear during the opening ceremony?

5. What is unusual about the childhood of Katniss' mother? How does this connect Peeta and Katniss?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What illness does Haymitch suffer? How does Effie Trinket feel about Haymitch? What warning does Effie issue to Peeta and Katniss regarding Haymitch at the end of part 1, Chapter 3?

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

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