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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 one talent does Peeta have that Katniss feels he might be able to use in the arena?
(a) He is good with poisons.
(b) He is good with a knife.
(c) He is good with fire arms.
(d) He can wrestle.

2. What promise does Prim force Katniss to make before she goes to the Hunger Games?
(a) That she will write every day.
(b) That she will protect Peeta.
(c) That she will die a good death.
(d) That she will try to come back.

3. What is Panem?
(a) The hotel where Katniss lives.
(b) The town where Katniss lives.
(c) The ocean near where Katniss lives.
(d) The country where Katniss lives.

4. What weapon does Katniss have hidden in the woods which she uses to hunt with?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Knife.
(c) Bow and arrow.
(d) Rifle.

5. What catches Katniss' attention about the dessert served the first night in the training center?
(a) It is made with rare berries.
(b) It is flavored with powdered sugar.
(c) It burns.
(d) It is four layers tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are the tributes forced to stand on their platforms before rushing to gather supplies at the Cornucopia at the start of the games?

2. What does Katniss wonder if the Avox will enjoy?

3. What happens to the arenas that were built specifically for the Hunger Games after the games are over?

4. What is the only aspect of Katniss' appearance that her design team approves of?

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

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. Why does Katniss become angry with Peeta after his announcement at the end of Part 2, Chapter 9? How does she react to Peeta alone?

3. What does Peeta reveal about himself when he and Katniss go to the camouflage table during training? What memory does this bring to the forefront of Katniss' mind?

4. Who told Katniss not to go to the Cornucopia at the beginning of the games? Why does Katniss think this was bad advice? What distracts Katniss from taking all she had wanted from the Cornucopia?

5. What are the Hunger Games? How did they come about?

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

7. Who is Katniss afraid will be called to go to the Hunger Games? Who actually is called? How does Katniss react?

8. What confession does Peeta make at the end of the interviews that causes shock and surprise in everyone?

9. What metaphor does Effie try to make to encourage Peeta and Katniss that they will do well in the Hunger Games? What is wrong with her metaphor?

10. What is a mockingjay? What is Katniss' personal connection to the mockingjays?

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