Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions- Answers

1. Describe the narrator. What is her family situation?
Katniss Everdeen is the narrator in this story. Katniss hunts illegally. Katniss is 16 years old, she has dark hair, and a dark complexion, she also has an anti-social personality. Katniss’ family is very poor and struggling to survive in the seam.

2. Describe District 12 and the Seam.

The Seam is an area in District 12 where Katniss lives. Outlying district located in the Appalachian Mountains. The District is surrounded by an electric fence. They are lucky to get only a few hours of electricity daily. There are 13 Districts making up the future North America, until the 13th was demolished because of a rebellion.

3. What happened to “father”?
Katniss’s father was killed in a coal mining explosion 5 years ago when Katniss was 11 years old.

4. Why don’t most people have weapons like Katniss’s bow?
Katniss owns a bow because her father made it and gave it to her. She hides outside the electric fence in a hollow tree. Other people in the district do not have weapons because it is illegal. It is illegal it is an act of rebellion.

5. Who is Gale?
Gale is 18 years old, he is Katniss’ best friend. Gale is tall, and has grey eyes. He calls katniss “catnip,” and hunts with Katniss for food. Gale’s father was killed in a mine explosion just like Katniss’ father.

6. What is the Hob?
The Hob is located in district 12 and is also called the “black market,” It is an abandoned coal warehouse in the poor part of town and where people sell and trade “illegal” things.

7. How does the reaping system work?
The reaping system is a random draw choosing 2 kids (1 male and 1 female) from each district from the ages of 12-18 to fight to the death in an arena. As you age your chances for being chosen increase, this is because your name is entered more times. Your name can also be entered more times if you take more tesserae.

8. Is the reaping system fair?

Answers will vary. 9. What is a tesserae? A Tesserae is a token from the capital that gives 1 year of oil and grain for 1 person and in return 1 ballot is put in the reaping. 10. What are the Hunger Games?

The Hunger Games are to remind people that the capital is in charge and they are not to rebel again. It is a draw where 2 children from each district (24 in total) go to an arena to fight to the death.

Chapter 1 Summary:
In chapter one, we are introduced to the main character, Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl living in District 12 of the nation of Panem, in a poor area known as the “Seam.” Hunger and poverty are widespread for many of the residents, and since the death of her father, Katniss supports her younger sister and mother by hunting and gathering on restricted lands with an older boy named Gale. They split what they acquire between them, selling some things on the Black Market.

The opening chapter takes place on a holiday, with the tradition greeting being “Happy Hunger Games!” We learn that being selected to compete in the Hunger Games is not something to be desired. It is meant to reinforce poverty, strengthen the Capitol’s control over the Districts and to be a lasting reminder of the rebellion against the Capitol.

At the conclusion of the chapter, despite the odds against her being selected, Katniss’ sister Primrose is selected to be District 12’s female competitor in the Hunger Games.

Chapter 2- Answers

1. What is the protocol for volunteering?
The protocol for volunteering is; once a tributes name has been pulled from the ball another eligible girl (12-18 years of age) if a girls name has been called can volunteer in her place. The same goes for boys.

2. What does silence at the reaping mean?
They don’t agree with what is happening. They are suppose to be cheering according to the capital but to them it is basically sending someone off to be killed.

3. What does three middle fingers to the mouth and then held out mean?
Three middle fingers means thanks, it means admiration, and goodbye to someone you love. (good-luck, love, and peace)

4. Who is the male tribute and how does Katniss know him? What is ironic about his selection?
The male tribute is Peeta Mellark he is the boy that Katniss knows from the bakery as well as school. The ironic part of him being chosen out of all the boys is; Peeta saved Katniss before and now she feels like she has a debt to repay but they are about to go into an arena and fight to the death.

5. What is Katniss’ mother’s mental state? How has it affected Katniss?
Katniss’ mother’s mental state is depression. It has affected Katniss because her mother is not caring for the family like a mother should. Katniss takes care of the family and always has.

6. What was the significance of the dandelion?
The dandelion is a sign of spring. Katniss sees the dandelion when she is embarrassed of Peeta who is looking at her. She would never have seen the dandelion if Peeta had not been staring. This also shows that Peeta is a constant symbol in her life that has helped her through very hard times. Katniss at this moment remembers hunting in the forest with her father and decides that she will continue to hunt on her own so she can provide for her family. The dandelion became a symbol of hope just like Peeta.

Chapter 2 (p. 21-33)
Chapter two begins with Katniss preventing Prim from going on stage and volunteering to take her spot as the district’s female tribute. The rules for this are uncertain, but at the mayor’s dispassionate urging, it is allowed. Gale takes Prim back to her mother. In reverence for her actions, the crowd honors her with silence and a gesture of sympathy.

We learn that Katniss and Prim’s mother has not been the same since their father’s death.

Peeta Mellark is selected as the male tribute. His brothers do not volunteer to take his spot. We learn of the back story of how Katniss and Peeta know each other.

Chapter 3-Answers

1. What happens after the anthem?
Katniss go to the Justice building where they will be taken to the capital.

2. What instructions does Katniss give her family?
Tells Prim not to take tesserae and tells her mother to take care of Prim. Warns her mother to be there for Prim. Tells Prim to sell her goat.

3. What type of competitors will she face?
A monstrous boy from district 2. A fox faced girl with sleek red hair from district 5. A boy with a crippled foot from district 10. A 12 year old girl from district 11 like prim.

4. Gale states to Katniss that the Hunger Games are “just hunting.” What does he mean and does Katniss agree? Do you agree?
Gale is trying to make her feel better by telling her it is just like hunting animals. Katniss doesn’t really agree because she states, “except for they are armed and they think!”

5.Why is Katniss so concerned about her appearance, first on the stage and then in front of the reporters?

Katniss is concerned about her appearance because if it looks like she was crying then she will be noted as weak. So she may not get any sponsors but she also may be targeted right away.

6. Where is the Capitol located? Where is District 12 located?
The capitol is located on the west side of the Rocky Mountains and District 12 is located in the Appalachian Mountains. (on the other side of North America or Panem)

7. What is a mockingjay bird? Why does it make Katniss think of her father?
A mockingjay bird is a baby of a female Mocking Bird and Male Jabberjay bird.
It reminds Katniss of her father because her dad would sing in the woods and all of the mockingjays would mimic his voice.

8. Describe Effie’s reaction to Katniss and Peeta’s table manners.
Effie Trinket commented on how well they were eating at first but then Katniss didn’t like this and started to eat with her hands and wiping her hands on the table cloth.

9. How are District 12’s actions at the reaping described by the TV commentators?

District 12 has always been a bit backwards, but the local customs can be charming.

10. What role will Haymitch play at the Hunger Games?
Haymitch will be Katniss and Peeta’s mentor. He also will try and get them sponsors.
Chapter 3 (p.34-47)
Katniss is led to the Justice building at the start of chapter three and is given the opportunity to say her final goodbyes to her family. We learn in this goodbye that her mother had abandoned Prim and her at one point and that at age 11, Katniss has become head of the household. Katniss also spends a brief amount of time with Peeta’s father and Gale (who gives her cookies), both of whom pledge to look after Prim. Madge gives Katniss a pin symbolizing District 12, a mockingjay bird.

Katniss and Peeta are then taken by car to the trains station where they are greeted by reporters. After time to clean up, which she thought was luxury, Katniss has dinner with Peeta and Effie Trinket. She then learns of the other tributes and Haymitch’s role at the Hunger Games.

Chapter 4 Comprehension Questions 1. Why does Katniss perceive Peeta’s kindness as a threat?
Katniss thinks Peeta’s kindness is a threat because Peeta is being nice so later in the Hunger games he might be able to attack Katniss and kill her when she least expects it. She has conflicting feelings about why Peeta is being nice to her, and believes it is intentional. She also thinks that the kindness is to let Haymitch think that Peeta is the “better person” and he would become the favourite. Katniss says in the book, “ Kind people have a way of working their way inside her and rooting there.” 2. Why did Katniss put up a “wall” between her and her mother?
Katniss put up a wall between her and her mother because she will not forgive her for leaving (mentally) her and Prim. She does not want to feel the way she felt when this happened, therefore she does not completely trust her mother. 3. Why does Katniss detest Haymitch?
Katniss detests Haymitch because he is always inebriated and has to be their instructor for the hunger games and Haymitch is not taking responsibility seriously. Katniss says that he is the reason why district 12 does not get any sponsors.

4. What deal does Haymitch make with the Tributes?
Haymitch says if you don’t interfere with my drinking than I will stay sober enough to help you.

5. What are Haymitch’s first words of advice?
Haymitch’s first words of advice are, “stay alive!”

Chapter 4 (p. 48-60)
Peeta and Katniss help Haymitch back to his room and Peeta sends Katniss away to take care of Haymitch himself. This, coupled with his actions at breakfast and when entering the Capitol, lead Katniss to perceive him as a threat. At breakfast, a deal is made with Haymitch to help them in exchange for not interfering with his drinking. We learn that Katniss has skill at throwing knives.

Chapter 5 Comprehension Questions
1. How does Katniss describe the Capitol accent? In the “real world,” what do we think of people who talk like that?
Katniss says they speak in such high pitch, their jaws barely open, their sentences always go up as they are talking as if they are asking a question, and they always hiss on the letter “s.” In the real world we often think of these people as rich or snooty.

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.”
Katniss is waxed, bathed, pedicure and manicure. We as a society tell each other what pretty really is. We are all brainwashed into thinking that we need to alter our bodies to look “pretty, or handsome.”

3. Why do new comers like Cinna get assigned District 12?
Cinna would get assigned to district 12 as a new comer because it is the least desirable and you need to prove yourself in order to work in higher districts.

4. Compare and contrast the hunter/gatherer lifestyle of Katniss in District 12 with that of the people in the Capitol.
Food- Katniss needs to hunt or find food while in the capital they get their food handed to them. The capitol gets different types of food while Katniss only gets food from around her district. Clothing- District 12 has to trade, buy, or make their own clothes. In the capitol they receive clothes without buying as well as from districts who make clothes for them.

5.Describe the traditional District 12 costumes and how this year is different.
Normally the costumes represent the coal miners and dirtiness of the district but this year it shows the power and the energy of the coal. (flames on fire)

6.How does the crowd react to the Tributes?
The crowd acts like Katniss and Peeta are their idols, not to mention the camera would not stop taping them.

7.Describe the interaction between Peeta and Katniss.

Katniss and Peeta hold hands and Katniss gives Peeta a kiss. Katniss is most likely doing this to win over Peeta and the crowd. This helps with sponsors, when they are popular with the crowd they are popular with the sponsors.

Chapter 5 (p. 61-72)
The stylists of the “Remake Center” change the image of the tributes, incorporating an “on fire” theme instead of the traditional baggy, unflattering coal miners’ costume of District 12. Their costumes bring attention to them and a positive response from the crowd. Cameras focus on Peeta and Katniss throughout President Snow’s speech in the stadium. Katniss and Peeta hold hands for the entire ceremony, but Katniss wonders what Peeta’s real motives are for his kindness.

Chapter 6 Comprehension Questions 1. Why is Effie Trinket still with Peeta and Katniss?
District 12 is never a district to win or do well in the Hunger Games. Because of Katniss and Peeta’s scores in the training sessions and the splash they gave at the opening ceremonies she is perhaps intrigued and wants to stay with them.

2. How does Katniss feel about Effie’s description about the “barbarism of your district” (p. 74)?
Katniss thinks this is very ironic, because this sentence is coming from someone who is helping Katniss and Peeta prepare for slaughter.

3. Describe Katniss’s quarters.
It is bigger than her house back in district 12 and has many buttons. The shower alone has a panel with more than 1 hundred options, and when she steps out of the shower the floor blow dry’s her body. She can get food by the touch of a button.

4. What is an Avox? What penalty is levied on them?
An Avox is someone who has committed a crime. (A traitor) The capitol cuts their tongue so they cannot speak. They have to serve the capitol their whole lives.

5. What does Haymitch think of Peeta and Katniss holding hands?
Haymitch thinks this is a rebellious act because they look like friends instead of enemies. He thinks this is a good idea and sets them apart from the rest of the tributes.

6. How is Katniss in Peeta’s debt again?
Katniss is in Peeta’s debt again because she tries to speak to the Avox during supper when this is not allowed. Peeta saves her buy explaining that they know the Avox from school not from being out in the woods where Katniss is not allowed.

7. How did Katniss know the Avox? Compare and contrast the incident with the red head girl with the
Hunger Games.
Katniss knew Avox because Katniss and Gale were hunting in the woods one day and they saw the Avox running with a boy. They were caught by the capitol and taken away. The similarities knowing the Avox and the red head girl are that they are the same person.

Chapter 6 (p. 73-85)
Chapter 6 finds the tributes at a luxury tower at the training center where all of their needs are met. They have dinner with Effie, Haymitch and the stylists and watch a recap of the opening ceremony. Peeta and Katniss have a conversation on the roof that can’t be heard. Katniss considers the Avox, a red head girl she once saw fleeing from a hovercraft with a boy. She is troubled by this.

Chapter 7 Comprehension Questions
1. What does Katniss think of the “twins” act?
Katniss thinks that the act is going to blow up in their face when the games begin Because they may have a target on their back. People know that they are going to get all of the attention.

2. Why would meeting the other Tributes make Katniss sick to her stomach?
Katniss realizes they are a lot stronger, trained, and have a lot of knowledge skills about being in the hunger games. She feels odd about the situation, she doesn’t want to make connections with the people she will be thrown in the arena with and have to kill.

3. What is Peeta’s assessment of Katniss’s skill with a bow? How does Katniss react?
Peeta’s assessment of Katniss’s skill with a bow was excellent. Katniss didn’t take it to well because she said it took her by surprise and she didn’t notice he was paying attention to her until now.

4. What do you think Peeta means by “she has no idea the effect she can have” (p. 91)?
Peeta is hinting to the fact that he likes her. That she has an effect on him. He also suggests that she has a way of connecting with people that she is unaware of.

5. What advice does Haymitch share with Peeta and Katniss?
Haymitch tells Katniss and Peeta to stay together to become a team.
They shouldn’t show their strengths in the training arena. To stay under the radar until private session take place.

6. What does Haymitch demand of the District 12 Tributes in public?
He demands that they stay together and hold hands. Haymitch is wanting to create the illusion that they are romantically involved so that the audience will want them to survive.

7. What is Katniss’s initial assessment of how she stands versus the other Tributes?
She doesn’t that she will do well at all because most of the other tributes train their whole lives for the hunger games.

8. What skills do they learn in training?
They learn a special snare, to tie knots, camouflage, throw a spear, throwing weights, starting fires, throwing knives and making shelter.

Chapter 7 (p. 86-102)
Peeta and Katniss continue what she calls a “twins act,” leading to frustration and confusion. The tributes from District 12 meet the others for the first time and Katniss assesses them. She feels physically in better shape than many of the others from poor districts, but does not feel she could match up with the “Career Tributes.” Haymitch continues to advise Peeta and Katniss as they train together at various training stations and then privately before the Gamemakers. Katniss demonstrates her prowess with a bow in front of the Gamemakers, definitely catching their attention by shooting the apple out of the pig’s mouth on their dinner table. Only one other tribute is specifically identified, Rue, a small 12 year old girl from District 11.
Chapter 8 Comprehension Questions
1. What does Katniss believe will be the consequences of her actions in her private audition with the
Gamemakers?
Katniss thought she would get arrested, executed, become an Avox, or punish her family.

2. What is the significance of the score given to each tribute? What is Peeta and Katniss’s score?
The mark is not a guarantee of which person will win it is only the potential for which they have shown in training. Peeta 8/12 Katniss 11/12

3. How did Katniss meet Gale? How did they become a team?
Katniss met Gale when he materialized from a tree in the woods as she was looking at his snare. They started splitting their kill and then realized they should just hunt together.

4. What role does Gale serve for Katniss? How does that compare/contrast with Peeta?
Gale was Katniss’s hunting partner. Katniss relied on Gale a lot more than Peeta when it came to physical needs. Katniss relies more on Peeta for mental needs. Gale gives Katniss a sense of comfort which she did not have since her father died.

5. What change in plans does Haymitch announce to Katniss?
Peeta wants to be mentored alone. Peeta does not want to face the act of killing Katniss in the games. Katniss told Peeta she only wanted to pretend to be friends when people were around and that he was pretending when no one was around and there was no used. Peeta is hurt by this because he believes they are becoming real friends.

Chapter 8 (p. 103-113)
The chapter begins with Katniss secluding herself in her room, crying and fretting about what her actions will mean for her family. Finally, at dinner, when she tells the others of her actions, the stylists, Haymitch, Peeta and Effie are shocked. Peeta too felt he had been ignored by the Gamemakers. Katniss and Peeta find out their scores on television and everyone is shocked by Katniss’ score. Haymitch announces a change in strategy regarding Peeta and Katniss.

Chapter 9 Comprehension Questions
1. Describe Katniss’s conflicted emotions about Peeta.
Katniss feels conflicted about Peeta because he has chosen to train on his own. She believes that he has chosen to train on his own because he is threatened by her score in the training.

2. What is Effie working with Katniss on? What is Haymitch working with Katniss on?
Effie is working with Katniss on posture, smiling, wear a dress, and how to walk in high heels. Haymitch is working with Katniss on answers for the interview. He is teaching her to be “liked” by the audience.

3. What is the point of the interview? Why is Katniss having so much trouble with it?
If you have a good interview you get more sponsers. Katniss is having trouble with the interview because she does not like the situation she is in. She feels as though she is being fake up on stage and that is not her personality.
4. What understanding does Katniss reach with the red headed avox?
Katniss understands that she could not have helped the avox and if she did, she probably would be in the same position as the red head. The Avox understands this and does not despise her for it.

5. What is Katniss’s costume for the interview?
A red dress with orange, red, white and blue gems. Red High heels and the dress had flames surrounding the bottom. Gold dust was lightly coating her skin.

6. How are age and appearance norms different in the Capitol?
Wrinkles in the capitol are a disgrace, in district 12 they are an honor that you have lived so long without dying of a disease. Age in the capital is not honorable compared to any other district.

7. How does Katniss’s interview go?
Katniss’ interview goes well. In the beginning she does panic but the pressure is lifted when they begin to discuss all of her outfits that she has been wearing throughout her public appearances which takes the pressure off of her having to answer questions about her family.

8. What bombshell does Peeta drop in his interview?
Peeta tells the crowd that he is in love with Katniss but the love for Katniss is not recent.

Summary

Chapter 9 (p. 114-130)
Katniss is prepared for her television interview by Effie, Haymitch and Cinna. The strategy for Katniss is essentially to be her self and we sense the respect Katniss has for Cinna. After a tantrum in her room, the red headed avox girl comes to clean the mess and we sense an understanding between the two of them of the traumatic event from their past.

Katniss’ interview goes well and she answers the questions honestly, captivating the crowd while wearing a fire themed dress. During his interview, Peeta finally lets his feeling for Katniss be known.

Chapter 10 Comprehension Questions
1.What effect has Peeta’s comments had on the crowd?
Peeta’s comments effect the crowd by causing them to murmur as well as yell out agonizing cries. This comment has had a shocking affect on the audience.

2. How did the plan develop? What is Haymitch’s perspective?
a. Haymitch’s plan was to get Peeta and Katniss a water source as soon as the games begun and to ignore the cornucopia.
b. Peeta also developed a plan to make Katniss more desirable by telling the audience that he loved her.
Haymitch believes that it does make Katniss more desirable and he wants to “sell” this idea as the star-crossed lovers from district 12.

3. What is the condition of Peeta’s hands?
Peeta’s hands were cut from the ugly urn that shattered as Katniss shoved him. This happened after Peeta had told the audience he had loved her. (she was not impressed by this comment)

4. Why do the games start at 10 am?
The Games starts at 10 a.m. because so many of the capital residents rise out of bed late.

5. What is Haymitch’s final arena advice?
Haymitch’s final arena advice was to get Peeta and Katniss a water source as soon as the games begun and to ignore the cornucopia. He also tells them to put as much distance as they can between themselves and the other tributes.

6. Why is it important to Peeta that he “dies himself”? What is meant by “purity of self” (p. 141-142)?
Answers will vary- But it does have to do with believing in your own values and not having to change for someone else or to be forced into changing your own values.

7. Who is Titus? How did cannibalism play with the audience of the Capitol (p. 143)?
Titus was a tribute from district 6. After he killed a tribute he would eat them. Cannibalism didn’t do so well with the audience so they actually simulated an avalanche to kill Titus.

8. What happened to the arenas after the Games?
They turned the arenas into historic sites where people from the capital could go and vacation.
Part II – “The Games”

Chapter 10 (p. 133-147)
Katniss is upset with Peeta for his comments and keeps her distance until they return to the training center, where she pushes him into a clay urn and he cuts his hands. Her team says the performance of Peeta was great and that it portrayed them as “star crossed lovers” which will help them to secure more sponsors.

Neither can sleep the night before the Hunger Games. On the roof of the training center, the two meet and Peeta expresses his need to be true to himself while still putting up a fight. Katniss for the first time expresses the confidence that she can survive the games, but she too understands the effect the Games can have on Tributes, citing the example of Titus from District 6 the previous year.

Chapter 11 Comprehension Questions
1. What is the Cornucopia?
The cornucopia is a big giant golden horn shaped like a cone with a curved tail. The mouth which is 20 feet high is filled with backpacks, tents, weapons and other useful items.
2. What does Katniss see in the Cornucopia that she feels is meant for her?
Katniss sees a silver bow and sheath of arrows placed on top of a pile of blanket rolls.
She is trained in using bow and arrows so she wants to grab it.
3. Describe the opening moments of the Games.
Katniss is standing on her metal circle and she sees her bow. She misses her chance to get the bow. All of the tributes are in a rage and there is a lot of blood shed. Katniss is almost killed but manages to grab the back pack and run.

4. How many died the first day and how many are left?
11 tributes died on the first day and 13 are left including Katniss.

5. What woke Katniss up the first night? What happened to the tribute responsible for waking Katniss up?
A tribute only a rocks throw away lit a fire during the night. Katniss thought she was not very smart for doing this. The careers ended up killing this poor tribute and Katniss finds out they are using Peeta to find her.

Chapter 11 (p. 148-160)
After dressing at the arena and being sent off by Cinna, Katniss rises from the catacombs to the arena where she has 60 seconds to survey the scene of the Cornucopia, looking for weapons and supplies, before a gong sounds starting the games. Chaos ensues, and Katniss narrowly escapes death and makes it to the woods to camp for the night. Katniss is shocked to learn that Peeta has joined in an alliance of Career Tributes that are hunting down the lesser tributes. The dead are broadcast to the living via a projected slide show, but how they died is not disclosed.

Chapter 12 Comprehension Questions

1. What is Peeta’s physical condition? Describe Katniss’s feelings for him at this moment.
Peeta’s condition is that he is swollen with bruises and there is a bloody bandage on one arm. He is also limping. Katniss feels as though Peeta is ignoring Haymitch’s advice. Katniss feels as though Peeta is betraying district 12 by becoming an alliance with the career tributes.
2. Why has Peeta been kept alive by the Career Tributes?
Peeta is kept alive because he is their last hope to find Katniss.

3. Why/How is Katniss playing the cameras?
Katniss is playing the camaras by making them think she is on top of things and one step ahead of them.

4. What thought angers Katniss (p. 167)?
The lake could be the only water source so she may have to go closer to the careers to get water. She also believes Haymitch is not helping her by getting sponsors.

5. Where does Katniss find water?
She finds a pond after she spots mud and follows the mud and pond lilies.

6. How does the chapter conclude?
The chapter ends with a forest fire to get Katniss out of the trees. The capitol believes there is not a lot going on and they need to spice things up.

Chapter 12 (p. 161-171)
Peeta finishes off the tribute hunted down by the Career Tributes. Katniss learns their true intention for keeping Peeta around. Katniss understands that maintaining a confident image is important and attempts to send a knowing message to the viewers of the Hunger Games. Katniss finds a water source and plans to make camp there before she notices fires in the distance.

Chapter 13 Comprehension Questions
1. Whom does Katniss believe to have started the fire?
She knows it is the Game Makers that have started the fire. She believes it is not a natural fire.

2. What is the new twist in the game?
The new twist is that fire balls the size of apples are shooting from everywhere.

3. What is ironic about Katniss’s injury?
The irony about Katniss’s injury is that she was labeled “the girl on fire” in this instance she was actually on fire.
4. What is the state of Katniss’s gear?
Very dirty, has holes, stinky, coat got burned in the fire so she had to rip it off up to her rib cage, the sleeping bag is in pretty good shape.

5. What does Katniss realize from the top of the tree? What surprising thing does she do?
Katniss realizes that the careers are too heavy to climb the tree. She talks to them and teases them.

6. Describe the night’s encounter with the Career Tributes.
She climbed the tree and the careers were waiting for her until she would get down.
They camped underneath the tree all night.
7. Who is in the tree with Katniss?
Rue

Chapter 13 (p. 172-184)
Fire sends Katniss in a panic away from the pond, chasing the animals who are fleeing, The smoke has made her sick, but she is driven from her resting spot by fireballs that eventually injure her calf.

While nursing her injuries at a stream, the Career Tributes close in on her and she flees, taking cover by climbing a high tree where they, at least momentarily, cannot get to her. Katniss surprisingly taunts them; however, she is not alone in the tree.

Chapter 14 Comprehension Questions
1. What is different about the wasps found in the Hunger Games?
The difference between wasps and the tracker jackers is that when you get stung by the tracker jackers you start to hallucinate.

2. What was the first gift from Katniss’s sponsors by way of Haymitch?
Medicine that would have taken many sponsors to receive and was made in the capitol, oil to rub on burns.

3. How does Katniss disperse the Career Tributes? What was the result? What item does she acquire?
Katniss cut a branch with a tracker Jacker’s nest. They killed glimmer and the girl from district 4. Katniss is able to get down from the tree and she acquires arrows and a bow.

4. What is happening to Katniss? What does she realize before she blacks out?
Katniss is hallucinating from the venom. She believes she will die. Peeta has saved her life because he tells her to run from Cato.

Chapter 14 (p. 185-194)
Rue points out a wasp nest containing deadly “tracker jackers.” Using the anthem as cover, Katniss saws the branch, completing the cut in the morning as the Career Tributes sleep, sending them fleeing, killing two. She gives Rue the heads up before doing so. Katniss is stung three times and blacks out as a result of the venom, but not before having her life saved by Peeta.

Chapter 15 Comprehension Questions

1. What state is Katniss in when the poison works its way out of her system?
Katniss is weak and tired and keeps pushing on and on. She eventually lays in a hole where Rue comes and covers her with leaves.

2. How do the weapons give Katniss an entirely new perspective on the Games?
Katniss becomes more confident in her abilities to win. She realizes that she can now stand her ground and shoot instead of running away.

3. What is the new alliance? Why does Katniss want to form this alliance?
The new alliance is with Rue. She believes that this alliance will allow them to work together but she also feels the need to take care of Rue. Rue reminds her of Prim.

4. Why are citizens not allowed to eat crops in District 11?
They are not allowed to eat the crops because the capitol does not want them to get stronger. All the crops are for the capitol. They will be whipped if they eat any of the crops.

5. Why does Katniss think that her conversation with Rue will be blocked?
She believes it will be blocked because the capitol does not want other districts to have information on other districts.

6. How many nights did Katniss miss? How many Tributes are left?
Katniss has missed 2 nights and 3 days. there are 10 tributes left.

7. What has happened to Peeta?
Peeta was slashed on the upper leg by Cato.

8. What do you think Katniss’s plan is?
Katniss’ plan is to destroy all the supplies so the Career tributes would have a harder time surviving.

Chapter 15 (p. 195-207)
Katniss awakes from her venom induced sleep. She is dehydrated and unaware of how much time has passed. Katniss forges an alliance with Rue and learns about life in District 11. Having acquired the bow and arrows, Katniss has a new perspective on the Games. Peeta has left the Career Tributes. Katniss plans an offensive against the Career Tributes.

Chapter 16 Comprehension Questions

1. What is the level of trust between Katniss and Rue?
Katniss and Rue trust each other enough that if one is hurt the other will help them. They develop a bond because Katniss thinks Rue is like her sister Prim and she feels the need to protect her.

2. Why is food such an important key? What advantage does Katniss and Rue have?
Food and water can keep you alive and strong during the games. Katniss is a great hunter, she can also skin and clean animals very well. Rue has knowledge of the crops around.

3. What has happened to Peeta?
Peeta has been cut by Cato.

4. What has “Foxface” done? What did she avoid?
Foxface does a weird hopping movement to the supplies. Foxface realizes there are mines around the food source.

5. How does Katniss destroy the supplies?
Katniss destroys the supplies by shooting a bag of apples with three arrows, one of the apples falls out of the bag and lands on a mine, blowing up the supplies.

Chapter 16 (p. 208-221)
Katniss and Rue go on the offensive. Rue sets first to lure the Career Tributes into the woods while Katniss attempts to destroy the Career Tributes’ supplies. She learns from the Career Tributes that Peeta is injured and observes “Foxface” stealing a small amount of supplies. The chapter concludes with Katniss destroying the supplies.

Chapter 17 Comprehension Questions

1. What are the effects of the explosion?
Katniss is blown away by the blast. Her ears start to ring and she becomes dizzy. She has lost some of her hearing.

2. What happened to the boy from District 3? How many Tributes are left?
The boy from district 3 got put in a headlock by Cato and killed him. There are 8 tributes left to play in the games.

3. Why doesn’t Katniss want to make and ally of “Foxface”?
Katnis does not want to make and Ally of Foxface because she believes it will get her killed. She feels as though Foxface will turn on her at any moment.

Chapter 17 (p. 222-232)
Katniss is injured by the explosion and lost hearing in the left ear; however, all of the supplies are destroyed. Unable to flee due to her injuries from the blast, Katniss hides from the Career Tributes in a bush where she watch Cato kill the District 3 boy.

Katniss heads the next day to the meeting spot with Rue, but she’s not there, and Katniss goes looking for her. Rue is used in a trap to lure Katniss before being speared.

Chapter 18 Comprehension Questions
1. Whom does Katniss blame for Rue’s death?
Katniss blames the capitol because she believes it was wrong from the beginning to put teenagers in the arena.

2. Why does Katniss decorate Rue’s body with wild flowers?
Katniss decorates Rue’s body because she wants to acknowledge Rue’s life. That she should be honored. Katniss understands Peeta at this point and understands that she does not want to be changed by the capitol either, she wants to remain herself and remain human.

3. Has Katniss’s opinion of killing changed?
Yes, at the beginning of the games Gale tells her it would be the same as hunting, she does not believe that it will be. Now she is starting to believe that it is, and convinces herself to believe this in order to do what she has to do to survive.

4. Where has the sponsor’s gift come from? Why?
The sponsor’s gift came from district 11. Katniss knows this bread has come from district 11 because Peeta gave her a lecture on bread from different districts. She believes this is a gift from district 11 for honoring Rue.

5. What does Katniss realize about her “first kill” (p. 243)?
That her first time killing a person was really like killing an animal. The boy from district 1 was also the first person she has shot with the bow.

6. What new rule is announced to the Tributes?
2 People can now win from the same district.

Chapter 18 (p. 233-244)
Katniss records her first direct kill of a tribute, killing the boy from District 1 that speared Rue. Katniss sings to Rue as she dies of her injuries. Katniss acknowledges the difference of killing humans; however, keeping her promise to Rue has become extremely important to her and she will do whatever it takes to win.

Chapter 19 Comprehension Questions
1. What does Katniss perceive as the consequence of not allying with Peeta?
Katniss thinks that if she does not ally with Peeta they will lose sponsors. The crowd will not think they are in love as well their district would be upset now that 2 people can win.

2. What does Katniss realize about Peeta’s actions so far in the Games?
Katniss realizes that Peeta has been playing the star crossed lovers game all along. She knows this because he protected her from Cato.

3. Who are the only others to benefit from the Games rule change?
The only other people who would benefit from this rule change are Cato and Clove from district 2.

4. What are Peeta’s injuries? How has he kept alive?
Peeta’s injuries are a large cut on his upper thigh, he has survived by camouflaging himself into the mud, as well Katniss has treated it with burn cream.

5. What “first” does Katniss have?
Katniss has her first Kiss.

6. What message is Haymitch trying to send via the sponsor’s gift of broth?
One kiss equals one bowl of broth. He sends her the broth as a message that she needs to show the audience more of a show with Peeta. He needs the audience rooting for them so sponsors will give them more things.

Chapter 19 (p. 247-261)
Katniss ponders the true meaning of Peeta’s actions and surveys the field of six remaining in the games: Peeta, “Foxface,” Thresh, and Cato and the girl from District II. Katniss goes in search of Peeta and finds him camouflaged near the stream. She does her best to nurse his wounds and develops and understanding that playing up the “romance” between the “star-crossed lovers” is the best way to secure more sponsors.

Chapter 20 Comprehension Questions
1. What is the status of Peeta’s leg wound?
Peeta’s leg wound is still fairly bad, swelling has increase and his skin is inflamed. Katniss thinks he has blood poisoning.

2. Why does Katniss change the story of how she acquired Prim’s goat?
She changes the story because the capitol and the district was watching. They could not know that Gale and Katniss were hunters, or it would affect her family in district 12.

3. How can a goat change your life in District 12?
A goat can change your life because you can get milk, cheese and butter.

5. What is in the newest parachute? What is Peeta’s reaction when he realizes what it is?
The newest parachute has sleeping serum and Katniss needs to feed Peeta three spoonfuls. Peeta tries to vomit up the medicine when he realizes it will put him to sleep, he is worried that Katniss will leave and go to the feast at the cornucopia.

Chapter 20 (p. 262-278)
Peeta’s leg is badly infected and he has a fever. Katniss continues to nurse the wounds the best she can and get him to drink and eat. At his prompting, she tells the story of how she got Prim her goat, changing the story slightly to protect the people of District 12 as the story is being broadcasted to the whole nation.

Claudius Templesmith announces a feast with an added incentive to lure the Tributes to it. Peeta urges Katniss not to go, but a gift from the sponsors allows Katniss to knock out Peeta and presumably make her way to the feast.

Chapter 21 Comprehension Questions
1. What is Katniss’s prediction as she readies herself?
If Katniss dies then most likely district 12 will not have a winner.

2. How are the Gamemakers affecting the Games?
The Gamemakers are making it very hot in the day and very cold in the night.

3. What does a feast in the Games mean for District 12?
School would be cancelled and spirits would be running low if she didn’t succeed at getting what Peeta and her needed because Peeta would die and District 12 may not have a winner.

4. What are Katniss’s thoughts on Gale?
She wonders what Gale thinks about her relationship with Peeta. She also wishes she had Gale by her side.

Chapter 21 (p. 278-289)
Katniss makes her way to the Cornucopia, expecting a bloody fight. “Foxface” is the first to acquire her district’s backpack. Katniss goes second, but is taken down by Clove who taunts her and promises to provide a slow painful death for Katniss for the viewers; however, Thresh comes to her rescue and kills Clove before fleeing with both his and Distict 2’s bag. Cato rushes to help Clove, but it’s to late. Katniss races back to Peeta and injects him with the medicine contained in District 12’s small backpack. Katniss is bleeding profusely from her injury at the hands of Clove.

Chapter 22 Comprehension Questions

1. What is the physical condition of Peeta and Katniss?
They have to fight to return to sleep. They have a headache and may have a fever. Katniss is weak and dizzy from the loss of blood. Peeta is gaining more strength from the medicine.
2. Why have the Gamemakers sent the thunderstorm?
Katniss thinks that the gamemakers have sent the storm to get them closer to each other and to possibly get rid of Cato and Thresh.
3. What is Katniss’s opinion of Thresh?
Katniss thinks Thresh is smart. She thinks that if they weren’t in the games and Thresh lived in district 12 they could be friends. If Peeta and her died she would want Thresh to win.
4. What does Katniss say in a moment of weakness?
Katniss says “ I want to go home” like a little girl, to Peeta.

5. What does Katniss realize about Peeta, both practically and emotionally?
He is not coward and he has proved it. He is not afraid to show his emotions.
6. What are the origins of Peeta’s crush on Katniss?
His crush came from her singing at an assembly. Peeta’s dad had pointed Katniss out to him.

Chapter 22 (p. 290-302)
Peeta and Katniss recover from their wounds in the cave as a severe thunder storm rages, trapping them in the cave and preventing them from hunting. Katniss tells Peeta of the happening at the feast and Peeta describes Thresh’s hiding place. The two have a deep conversation about the origins of Peeta’s feelings for Katniss and she realizes that she has true feelings for him. She also realizes that their feelings will illicit generosity from their sponsors.

Chapter 23 Comprehension Questions
1. Initially, why do Katniss and Peeta ration the food from the sponsors?
They want the food to last longer so they won’t starve.

2. What is Haymitch going through in the control room?
The Gamemakers had to drag him out of the control room for interviews about Katniss and Peeta’s relationship and if what is going on is really true.

3. How do they suppose that Haymitch won the Games?
Peeta and Katniss suppose that Haymitch outsmarted the other tributes.

4. What could be the roots of Haymitch’s drinking? What does this mean for Katniss?
Haymitch’s drinking stems from having to remember his hunger Games as well as be a mentor to young children year after year only to see them die.

5. Which Tribute has died during the thunderstorm?
In the thunderstorm we assume that Thresh died from Cato because Thresh took Cato’s pack .

6. What thoughts does Katniss have for the future?
Prim her mother and Katniss finally can live a happy life in the Victor Village. If she wins she will help Rue and Thresh’s family.

7. What unforeseen problems does the partnership of Katniss and Peeta cause?
Peeta stomps loud and drags his feet because of his leg, possibly causing them to be caught. Peeta and Katniss will eventually have to fight to the death.

8. Who dies at the conclusion of this chapter? Whom does Katniss think killed the Tribute?
Foxface dies because she ate the Berries. Peeta thought it was Cato who killed the tribute but Katniss knows it was technically Peeta.

Chapter 23 (p. 303-319)
The rain stops and Peeta and Katniss go out in search of food, but not before a few jokes at the expense of Haymitch for the viewers. However, Katniss ponders Haymitch and wonders what her life maybe like if she wins the Games.

The two of them hunting together has an unforeseen consequence. Another Tribute has died, leaving only three remaining.

Chapter 24 Comprehension Questions
1. How did “Foxface” die?
Foxface dies by eating the night-lock berries.

2. What does Katniss think of Cato’s state of mind? How does she have a better understanding of him than she thought?
Katniss thinks that Cato is not completely sane, and this has gotten him this far in the games. She thinks he could easily lose his judgement in a fit of temper.

3. How have the Gamemakers changed the Game? Why?
They have drained all the water from the rivers and streams because they want the tributes to go to the lake and meet up with each other.

4. What is Cato wearing? Why is he running?
Ripped jacket with full body armor. Cato is running from the creatures.

Chapter 24 (p.320-330)
Peeta is shocked to learn he had a hand in killing “Foxface.” After a night back in the cave and a meal, Peeta and Katniss learn the game has changed again and they are being forced to a final meeting with Cato at the lake. However, the Gamemakers seem to have yet another surprise waiting for the three remaining Tributes.

Chapter 25 Comprehension Questions
1. What is chasing after the final three Tributes?
The things that were chasing them were mutts. They were big like wolves and they could walk on their hind legs. The beasts that are half dog and half killed tributes.

2. What about the dogs makes Katniss especially uneasy?
They were made of the dead tributes including Rue.

3. What does Cato say to Katniss that makes her pause?
If she kills Cato that Peeta will go down with him because Cato has Peeta in a headlock.

4. How is Cato knocked off the Cornucopia?
Katniss knocks Cato off by shooting an arrow through his hand and Peeta pushes him off.

5. Why is Cato kept alive by the dogs? How does he die? How does Katniss feel about this?
Cato has his body armor on so they can’t get to him easily. Katniss shoots him. She does not want him to suffer through the dogs hurting him and Peeta is very hurt so she needs the games to end fast.

6. Why do the Games not end immediately after Cato’s death?
There are two left and the gamemakers now only want one victor so they have to go against each other.

7. What is Katniss’s plan? What happens next? Why do you suppose the Games end this way?
Katniss’s plan is to put the berries in their mouths and both die. The Gamemakers at least want one victor not none so she takes a risk by telling Peeta to eat the berries.

Chapter 25 (p. 331-343)
The final tributes are chased to the top of the Cornucopia by a pack of wild wolf mutations signifying the dead tributes. The final confrontation with Cato takes place on the top of the Cornucopia as they fight of the wild dogs. Katniss sends Cato into the dogs with an arrow and ends his suffering by the dogs with an arrow to the head.

The dogs disappear. Another rule change rocks the game as the game continues with only Peeta and Katniss left. Who will win? Who will lose?

Chapter 26 Comprehension Questions
1. What does Katniss realize as she watches the doctors operate on Peeta?
She realizes that Peeta may not make it, she thinks the doctors are another obstacle and they are just like everything in the games, that they are trying to kill Peeta not save him.

2. Why is everyone keeping their distance from Katniss?
3. Where is Katniss taken when they enter 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 react to the prep team?
7. What did the Gamemakers want to do to Katniss? What was the compromise?
8. How has Cinna presented Katniss?
9. What new dangers face Katniss in the Capitol?
10. What is the significance of the following statement: “But the Hunger Games are their weapon and you are not supposed to be able to defeat it” (p358)?