HUNGER GAMES QUESTIONS
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Chapter 1:
1. Describe the narrator. What is her family situation?
2. Describe District 12 and the Seam.
3. What happened to “father”?
4. Why don’t most people have weapons like Katniss’s bow?
5. Who is Gale?
6. What is the Hob?
7. How does the reaping system work?
8. Is the reaping system fair?
9. What is a tesserae?
10. What are the Hunger Games?
Chapter 2:
1. What is the protocol for volunteering?
2. What does silence at the reaping mean?
3. What does three middle fingers to the mouth and then held out mean?
4. Who is the male tribute and how does Katniss know him? What is ironic about his selection?
5. What is Katniss’s mother’s mental state? How has it affected Katniss?
6. What was the significance of the dandelion?
Chapter 3:
- What happens after the anthem?
- What instructions does Katniss give her family?
- What type of competitors will she face?
- Gale states to Katniss that the Hunger Games are “just hunting.” What does he mean and does Katniss agree? Do you agree?
- Why is Katniss so concerned about her appearance, first on the stage and then in front of the reporters?
- Where is the Capitol located? Where is District 12 located?
- What is a mockingjay bird? Why does it make Katniss think of her father?
- Describe Effie’s reaction to Katniss and Peeta’s table manners.
- How are District 12’s actions at the reaping described by the TV commentators?
- What role will Haymitch play at the Hunger Games?
Chapter 4:
1. Why does Katniss think Peeta’s kindness is bad and annoying?
2. Why did Katniss put up a “wall” between her and her mother?
3. Why does Katniss hate Haymitch?
4. What deal does Haymitch make with the Tributes?
5. What are Haymitch’s first words of advice?
Chapter 5:
1. How does Katniss describe the Capitol accent? In the “real world,” what do we think of people who talk like that?
2. What happened to Katniss at the Remake Center? Consider the meaning and “real world” connections of the following quotes: “You almost look like a human being now.” & Katniss describes the stylists as “dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered.”
3. Why do new comers like Cinna get assigned District 12?
4. Compare and contrast the hunter/gatherer lifestyle of Katniss in District 12 with that of the people in the Capitol.
5. Describe the traditional District 12 costumes and how this year is different.
6. How does the crowd react to the Tributes?
7. Describe the interaction between Peeta and Katniss in this chapter.
Chapter 6:
1. Why is Effie Trinket still with Peeta and Katniss?
2. What is “barbarism?” How does Katniss feel about Effie’s description about the “barbarism of your district?” (pg. 36)
3. Describe Katniss’s quarters (her room).
4. What is an Avox? How are they punished?
5. What does Haymitch think of Peeta and Katniss holding hands during the opening ceremony?
6. How is Katniss in Peeta’s debt again? Why does she feel like she owes him?
7. How did Katniss know the Avox? Is Katniss in a similar situation as the red headed girl now?
Chapter 7:
1. What does Katniss think of the “twins” act that has Peeta and Katniss dressed the same?
2. Why would meeting the other Tributes make Katniss sick to her stomach?
3. What does Peeta say about Katniss’s skill with a bow? How does Katniss react?
4. What advice does Haymitch share with Peeta and Katniss?
5. What does Haymitch demand of the District 12 Tributes in public?
6. How does Katniss see herself at first compared to the other Tributes? Better, the same, stronger?
7. What skills do they learn in training?
8. Who are the Gamemakers? How didKatniss’s private session go?
9. Who is their “shadow” during training?
Chapter 8: No Questions!
Chapter 9:
1.Describe how Katniss feels about Peeta in this chapter.
2.What is Effie working on with Katniss? What is Haymitch working on with Katniss?
3.What is the point of the interview? Why is Katniss having so much trouble with it?
4.Describe the interaction between Katnissand the red headed avox. How does Katniss feel about it?
5.What is Katniss’s costume for the interview?
6.How are age and appearance different in the Capitol? Compare what is normal in the Capitol against District 12.
7.How does Katniss’s interview go?
8. What huge thing does Peeta admit in his interview? Do you think it is true?
Chapter 10:
1.What do the people of the Capitol think about what Peeta has said during his interview?
2.How did the scheme develop? What does Haymitch think about it? How does Katniss feel about it?
3.What is the condition of Peeta’s hands? How did they get hurt?
4.Why do the games start at 10 am?
5.What is Haymitch’s final arena advice?
6.On page 70, Peeta says he wants to “die as myself.” What do you think that means?
7.Who gives Katniss the mockingjay pin again?
8.Who is Titus? What did the people of the Capitol think about cannibalism?
9.What happens to the arenas after the Games?
Chapter 11:
1. What is the Cornucopia?
2. What does Katniss see in the Cornucopia that she feels is meant for her? What would Haymitch say to do?
3. Describe the opening moments of the Games in your own words.
4. How many Tributes died the first day and how many are left?
5. What woke Katniss up the first night? What happened to the tribute responsible for waking Katniss up?
Chapter 12:
1. In the beginning of chapter 12, Katniss sees that Peeta is injured. Describe his injuries and how he got them.
2. Who has Peeta teamed up with? How does Katniss feel about this?
3. Why are the Career Tributes letting Peeta work with them?
4. What does Katniss do to play to the audience and the cameras? (pages 81 & 82)
4. Who is Katniss angry with and why? (pages 83 & 84)
5. Where does Katniss find water?
Chapter 13:
1. Whom does Katniss believe to have started the fire? Why did they start it?
2. What is the “new twist” in the game? (pages 86/87)
3. What connection is there between Katniss’s current situation and her costume that Cinnamade for the opening ceremony?
4. What is the state of Katniss’s gear and clothes? Describe Katniss’s injury.
5. Why will Katniss be safe at the top of the tree from the Career Tributes? What surprising thing does she do when she is up there? Why does she do it?
6. Describe what happens during the night with the Career Tributes. (Remember, use your OWN words.)
7. Who is in the tree near Katniss?
Chapter 14:
1. Describe the wasps hanging above Katniss’s head. What do these wasps do? How were they created?
2. What scheme does Katniss think of regarding the wasp nest? What things might cause her trouble in this plan?
3. What was the first gift from Katniss’s sponsors by way of Haymitch?
3. How does Katniss move the Career Tributes from under her tree?
4. Who dies from being stung? What item does Katniss get from Glimmer?
5. Who comes through the bushes first? What does he do?
6. What is happening to Katniss? Are ants really boring into her eyes? What does she realize before she blacks out?
Chapter 15:
1. How does Katniss feel once the poison works its way out of her system?
2. Describe Katniss’s new perspective on the Games now that she has weapons.
3. What is the new alliance? Why does Katniss want to form this alliance?
5. What is the main industry in District 11? Why are citizens not allowed to eat what they grow in District 11? What happens if they do?
6. Why does Katniss think that her conversation with Rue will be blocked on TV?
7. How many nights did Katniss miss while she was asleep? How many Tributes are left?
8. Who has all the supplies?
9. What do you think Katniss’s plan is?
Chapter 16:
1. How can you tell that Katniss and Rue really trust each other?
2. Traditionally, what do the Career Tributes try to do for food in the Hunger Games? What does Katniss plan to do about this?
3. What advantage do Katniss and Rue have when it comes to finding food to eat?
4. Describe Katniss’s and Rue’s plan to destroy the Career Tributes food on page 104. Be sure to use your OWN words.
5. What special signal will Rue use to let Katniss know that she is OK?
6. What has happened to Peeta?
7. How is Foxface able to get to the food? What might happen if she made a mistake?
8. How does Katniss destroy the supplies?
Chapter 17:
1. What happens to the supplies and food after the explosion?
2. What happened to Katniss’s hearing after the explosion? What is dangerous about this?
3. What happened to the boy from District 3? How many Tributes are left?
4. Why doesn’t Katniss want to make and ally of “Foxface”?
Chapter 18:
1. Whom does Katniss blame for Rue’s death?
2. Why does Katniss decorate Rue’s body with wild flowers?
3. Has Katniss’s opinion of killing changed?
4. Where has the sponsor’s gift come from? Why?
5. What does Katniss realize about her “first kill” (p.119)?
6. What new rule is announced to the Tributes? What does this make Katniss want to do?
Chapter 19:
1. How does Katniss feel differently about Peeta now that the rules have changed?
2. What does Katniss realize about Peeta’s actions so far in the Games?
3. What other Tributes benefit from the Games rule change?
4. Where does Katniss find Peeta? What are his injuries? How has he kept alive?
5. What does Katniss do to take care of Peeta?
6. What gift does Katniss get from her sponsors? What is Haymitch trying to tell Katniss with the gift from the sponsors?
Chapter 20:
1. How does Katniss feel when she is taking care of Peeta? Does she feel weaker or stronger now that she is with Peeta?
2. How is Peeta’s leg wound doing? What kind of poisoning do Katniss and Peeta think he has?
3. How did Katniss really get the money to buy Prim’s goat for her?
4. How does Katniss tell Peeta she got the money for Prim’s goat? Why do you think she changed the story?
5. How and why can a goat change your life in District 12?
6. What was Claudius Templesmith’s message? What two things does he announce that will bring the Tributes to the same place?
7. What do Peeta and Katniss want to do after they hear the message from Claudius Templesmith?
8. What comes in the newest parachute? What does Katniss do with this? Why do you think she does this?
9. What is Peeta’s reaction when he realizes what Katniss has given him?
Chapter 21:
1. What does Katniss do to protect Peeta while she is gone?
2. What does Katniss think will happen when she goes to the feast? (page 136)
3. How do you think people are feeling in District 12 at this point? What does Katniss imagine people are doing right now in District 12?
4. What does Katniss think about Gale as she heads to the feast?
5. What is on the table of the Cornucopia? Who is first to the table?
6. Who saves Katniss from Clove? Why?
7. What was in the District 12 backpack?
Chapter 22:
1. Describe how Katniss and Peeta are feeling at the beginning of the chapter. How are their injuries doing?
2. Why have the Gamemakers sent the thunderstorm?
3. What is Katniss’s opinion of Thresh?
4. What does Katniss say in a moment of weakness? (page 144)
5. Where is Thresh?
6. What does Katniss realize about how she feels about Peeta? (page 146)
7. Why does Katniss ask Peeta to talk about when he started to like her? What does Peeta say?
8. Describe the story about Peeta starting to like Katniss in your own words. When did he start to like her?
9. How are Katniss and Peeta “rewarded” for turning up the romance by talking about Peeta’s crush on Katniss?
Chapter 23:
1. Why don’t Peeta and Katniss eat all the food from the sponsors at once?
2. If Peeta and Katniss win, where will they live in District 12?
3. How do they think that Haymitch won the Games?
4. What will Katniss’s job be if she wins the Hunger Games? How does she feel about this?
5. Which Tribute has died during the thunderstorm?
6. What thoughts does Katniss have about will happen between her and Peeta after the games? (page153)
7. What is Peeta doing that really bother Katniss when they are trying to hunt? What does she ask him to do?
8. Who dies at the end of the chapter? How were they killed? Whose “kill” is it?
Chapter 24:
1. How did “Foxface” die?
2. Why does Katniss want to save some of the poison berries?
3. Where does Katniss want to hide? Where does Peeta want to hide? Why does Katniss agree to hide where Peeta wants to? (page 159)
4. What does Katniss think about Cato on page 160? How are she and Cato similar?
5. What have the Gamemakers done to drive Katniss and Peeta towards Cato?
6. How much longer does Katniss think they will be in the arena? Find a quote that shows this and write the page number.
7. What is Cato wearing? Why is he running?
Chapter 25:
1. What is chasing after the final three Tributes?
2. What about the wolves makesKatniss especially uneasy? Who do they remind her of?
3. What stops Katniss from shooting Cato right away? (page 163)
4. Where does Katniss decide to shoot Cato? What happens to Cato after Katniss shoots him?
5. Why does it take so long for Cato to die?
6. What is the state of Peeta’s wound? What does Katniss do to help it?
7. How does Cato finally die?
8. Why do the Games not end immediately after Cato’s death?
9. What rule change is announced?
10. Does Peeta think he should kill Katniss or that Katniss should kill him? Why does he think this?
7. What is Katniss’s plan? How does Katniss know that it will work?
Chapter 26:
1. Why does Katniss watch the doctors operate on Peeta? What does she realize about why people stay with their friends and family even when they are sick and dying?
2. Why is everyone keeping their distance from Katniss?
3. What happens to Peeta and Katniss when they arrive at the Training Center?
4. Why is there a delay between the Games and the presentation of the victor?
5. Who is missing from the team reunion? Why?
6. How does Katniss feel about the prep team?
7. What did the Gamemakers want to do to Katniss? What was the compromise?
8. How has Cinna dressed Katniss? Why do you think he did this?
9. Describe the new danger that Haymitch tells Katniss about? Who will “hunt” her now? Does Haymitch have to warn Peeta too? Why or why not?
10. What is the meaning of the following statement: “But the Hunger Games are their weapon and you are not supposed to be able to defeat it” (page 177)?
Chapter 27:
1. Now does Katniss understands Cinna’s choice of dress? What were his reasons?
2. How does Peeta look? What is Katniss thinking about when she sees him?
3. What do Peeta and Katniss watch when they sit in the victor’s chair?
4. Who decides what story is told with the highlights? What story do you think is being told this year?
5. What was omitted (left out) from the highlights? Why do you think this is?
6. What is Katniss’s best survival moment of the night?
7. Why do you think the highlights end with Katniss pounding against the glass calling Peeta’s name instead of when the games actually ended?
8. Who will be punished for the plan at the end of the game to eat the berries?
9. What has happened to Peeta’s leg?
10. What does Katniss say about the berries incident? Is it what Haymitch would want her to say? Do you think it is the truth?
11. When will Peeta and Katniss see Portia and Cinna again?
12. What do the pink and white flowers given by Peeta remind Katniss of?
13. What does Peeta realize about Katniss’s actions during the Hunger Games (pages 184-185)?