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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 are Career tributes?
(a) Paid volunteers who are hired by rich families to take their children's places in the games.
(b) Trainers who teach the other tributes how to fight and win the games.
(c) Tributes from districts that specialize in professional industries.
(d) Tributes from the richer districts who train year round for the games and feel going to the games is an honor.

2. What is a Peacekeeper?
(a) Politicians assigned to govern the districts.
(b) A soldier from the local district who patrol the outer borders of each district.
(c) A soldier from the Capitol who is assigned to keep order in the Districts.
(d) Futuristic cops assigned to enforce the rules of each district.

3. What target does Katniss hit with her arrow during the individual demonstration that causes a shower of sparks to fall on the floor?
(a) An explosives demonstration station.
(b) An open electrical outlet.
(c) A light fixture.
(d) A fire cracker.

4. What weapon does Gale recommend Katniss get as soon as she can in the Hunger Games' arena?
(a) Knife.
(b) Bow and arrow.
(c) Mace.
(d) Spear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Katniss wake early the first morning in the training center?

2. Why does Katniss believe she can get a weapon and some supplies from the Cornucopia despite Haymitch's advice to ignore the Cornucopia?

3. What does Katniss think of Peeta's actions?

4. Why does Effie encourage Peeta and Katniss to continue to wow the audience?

5. How many times is Katniss' name entered into the drawing at the reaping in the first chapter of the novel?

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 Haymitch punch Peeta in the face? Why does Haymitch tell Peeta he should allow a bruise to form and show on his face?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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