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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 injury does Katniss suffer in the explosion she set off to destroy the Careers supplies?

2. Who does Katniss hear Cato promising to kill in Part 2, Chapter 16?

3. How does Rue react to Katniss' plot to drive the Careers away from her tree in Part 2, Chapter 14?

4. Who is the first to retrieve a backpack at the feast in Part 3, Chapter 21?

5. Why does Peeta urge Katniss to go easy on the rich food Haymitch has sent them at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katniss find in the backpack when she returns to the cave where Peeta still sleeps? What does she do with it?

2. Who attacks Katniss in Part 3, Chapter 21 as she attempts to retrieve the backpack at the feast? What happens to Katniss' attacker?

3. Where does Katniss find Peeta? What condition is he in?

4. Who dies in Part 3, Chapter 24? How?

5. Where is Katniss when she becomes aware that the Careers have approached her hiding place? Who else does Katniss become aware of in close proximity to her?

6. Why does Katniss believe Cato has found and killed Peeta at the end of Part 3, Chapter 24?

7. What does Katniss learn about Peeta on the first night of the games? What does she believe this means about his strategy?

8. Who rigged the explosives around the Career's food that Katniss detonates in Part 2, Chapter 16? Why?

9. What does Katniss decide to do about Rue? What plan does she come up with to take the advantage from the Careers?

10. How does Katniss force the Gamemakers to honor their change in the rules of the Hunger Games?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following settings in detail in an essay, discussing the importance of the setting to the plot and themes of the novel, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) The Arena

2) District Twelve

3) The Capitol

4) The Training Center.

Essay Topic 2

Fully explore Katniss' relationship with Rue, and the affect Rue's death has on Katniss. What does this tell readers about Katniss? How did Rue's death propel the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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