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

2. What does Katniss notice is different about the bow in the training room than the ones she uses at home?
(a) The arrows are not as straight.
(b) The string is tighter.
(c) The wood is too soft.
(d) The feathers are the wrong type.

3. How does the Avox respond when Katniss tries to apologize in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) She gestures that Katniss did the right thing.
(b) She leaves the room without responding.
(c) She becomes angry and walks away.
(d) She cries.

4. What is one of the distinct elements of fashion in the Capitol that Katniss notes among her design team?
(a) Wearing odd combinations of clothing.
(b) Wearing tight clothing.
(c) Coloring one's hair and skin bright colors.
(d) Coloring one's nails unfortunate colors.

5. Who is Atala?
(a) The Avox in charge of cleaning the training room.
(b) The head Gamemaker.
(c) A servant in the cafeteria.
(d) The head trainer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Katniss' interview dress covered in that makes it appear that she is on fire?

3. What reaction does Katniss get when she shoots an arrow through the apple in the mouth of a roast pig?

4. What nickname does Gale use with Katniss?

5. What is a Peacekeeper?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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 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?

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

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

8. How is Katniss and the other tributes prepared and entered into the arena at the start of the games?

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

10. What instruction does Cinna give to Katniss and Peeta as their chariot begins to take its place in the opening ceremony procession? How does the audience react to this act?

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