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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Effie Trinket make about Katniss and Peeta's eating habits?

2. Who is Cinna?

3. What one talent does Peeta have that Katniss feels he might be able to use in the arena?

4. What promise does Prim force Katniss to make before she goes to the Hunger Games?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What surprise visitors does Katniss get in the hour before she is due to leave for the Hunger Games? What reason do these people give for visiting her?

4. 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?

5. Why does Katniss give Peeta a kiss after the opening ceremonies? What does Katniss think Peeta is up to with his multiple compliments?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the training at the Training Center in the Capitol. What are Peeta and Katniss instructed to do during training that is unusual to the Hunger Games? What skills do each of the tributes exhibit, and what does this reveal about them? Compare/contrast Peeta's performance at the training center with Katniss'.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail in an essay using evidence from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Peeta and Katniss

2) Katniss and Gale

3) Katniss and Prim

4) Katniss and her mother.

Essay Topic 3

What is Gale's role in the Hunger Games? How does his relationship with Katniss add to or take away from the plot? Does he symbolize anything?

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