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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. Who tells Katniss to focus on him during the interview to help her feel more comfortable?
(a) Gale.
(b) Cinna.
(c) Haymitch.
(d) Peeta.

2. What is on the pin Madge gives Katniss to wear in the arena?
(a) A mockingjay.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) A jabberjay.

3. What mode of transportation does Katniss ride after the opening ceremonies that she would like to ride again but feels it might be childish?
(a) A subway train.
(b) A shuttle bus.
(c) A crystal elevator.
(d) An escalator.

4. What does Haymitch instruct Peeta and Katniss to do as they enter the interview area?
(a) Signal their families at home with prearranged signals.
(b) Answer the questions honestly.
(c) Remember their coaching.
(d) Act like a happy couple.

5. What caused the fall of the previous civilization before Panem came into existence?
(a) Excess and glutton.
(b) War and nuclear fallout.
(c) Drought and famine.
(d) Natural disasters and war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the training rooms located in the training center?

2. What beverage does Katniss try for the first time aboard the train taking her to the Capitol?

3. What gift does the baker bring Katniss when he comes to say goodbye?

4. What is happening in the streets of the Capitol the night before the Hunger Games are to begin?

5. What helps calm Katniss in the early morning hours of the first full day at the training center?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event is about to take place in District Twelve at the beginning of the book? Why does the entire town show up for this event?

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

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

5. How many tributes are killed on the first day of the games? How many remain?

6. What skill does Peeta talk up about Katniss to Haymitch? How does Katniss respond to this praise?

7. Katniss tells the reader in Part 1, Chapter 8 how she met Gale. How did they meet? What did Gale teach Katniss about hunting?

8. 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?

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

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

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